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... A. NIt was in March, 1802, that Trevithick end Vivian took one their patent for locomotion on railways; but their ideas were so impertect, that, to assure adhtesion, they advised that the periphery should be roughened, or armed with nuts, grooves, &c. 1ukinelsop varied this, by making toothed wheels rmn onl rack workL The fdrt Iron railroad was laid down at Colebrook Dale, in 1786, drmwn -by ...