1804 In February, British engineer Richard Trevithick designed and manufactured the world's first practical wheel-rail steam locomotive on the basis of careful study of Watt steam engine. Therefore, Richard Trevithick became the first person to apply James Watt's steam engine technology to railway traction power. The steam locomotive designed and manufactured in Richard Trevithick has the prototype of early steam locomotive in structure.
Fuel heats the water in the boiler to produce steam, which drives the piston in the cylinder to move. The piston drives the big flywheel to rotate quickly through the rocker with sliding crosshead connected to the piston rod, and then drives the locomotive wheels to run through the gear transmission device on the big flywheel, so as to start the locomotive. His invention is called a groundbreaking invention in the history of world transportation.
Introduction to the history of train development;
1, steam locomotive
178 1 george stephenson, the pioneer of the train, was born in an English miner's family. Until 18, he was illiterate. He ignored the ridicule of others and sat in the classroom with seven or eight-year-old children to study. 18 10 started to manufacture steam locomotives.
2. Electric locomotive
1879, Siemens electric company of Germany developed the first electric locomotive, weighing about 954 kilograms, which was only performed once at a Berlin trade exhibition. 1903101On October 27th, the first practical electric locomotive jointly developed by Siemens and General Electric Company was put into use.
3. Diesel locomotive
1894, Germany successfully developed the first gasoline diesel locomotive. The application in railway transportation has opened a new era for diesel locomotives. But this kind of locomotive burns gasoline, which is too expensive to popularize.
Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Richard Trevithick