Excerpt from The Splendid Book of LocomotivesIt is tolerably certain that Trevithick made his first experiments in this old cot tage, it is certainly on record that he spoke to Gilbert Davies as to what was in his mind regarding the possibilities of steam. This was at last as far back as 1796, Six or seven years before he made what is usually allowed to have been the first rail way locomotive.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.