| Quote | Category | Chapter | Notes | Queries |
| Catch-me-who-can | industrial/machine ref. | 4 | 1808 Trevithick's "Catch-me-who-can" at Euston. It ran on a circular track at Torrington Square off Gower Street in London in 1808 (near the present day Euston Station). Trevithick charged one shilling for a ride on the "Catch Me Who Can". It weighed 10 tons and travelled at 15 mph but the weight of the locomotive caused the rails to break and he was forced to bring the experiment to an end. See link at left for picture. | |
| steam-locomotive | industrial/machine ref. | 4 | ||
| Puffing Devil | industrial/machine ref. | 4 | ||
| pneumatic lift | industrial/machine ref. | 4 | ||
| foundry in Soho | industrial/machine ref. | 4 | The book implies this was located on Wardour Street | Can anyone confirm this? Anne suspects the whole operation was later moved to Manchester. |
| pattern-shop engine, blowing machine, etc. | industrial/machine ref. | 4 | ||
| steamboat | industrial/machine ref. | 4 | History? | |
| Maillardet's Automaton | industrial/machine ref. | 8 | Henri Maillardet - in 1815 he invented an 'automaton' a figure which would do a variety of movements. See link at left. | |
| coal-gas | industrial/machine ref. | 27 | Coal gas is made from coal enclosed in red-hot cast-iron, or clay cylinders, or retorts; when hydro-carbon gases are evolved, and coke left behind; the gas is carried away by wide tubes, then cooled and washed with water. It is then exposed to lime in close purifiers. Gasometers which are sheet-iron gas-holders are used to store the gas and it is then driven by the weight of these holders through the cast iron pipes and mains to the wrought iron service pipes of the lamps and burners. The gas was made at Vauxhall. Gas could also be made from oil and resin but this was a costly process and mostly used at large public establishments. Covent Garden Theatre was one of the first to be lighted oil-gas which was made on the premises. It wasn't used for balloons until 1821, prior to then hydrogen was used. | |
| steam power (long version) | Anne Woodley has an excellent page on this; see link at left | |||
