Stephenson at 30 by Rockyrailroad578 on DeviantArt (original) (raw)
Published: Jan 29, 2015
Description
According to contemporary physics, when George Stephenson and his son Robert reached 30 miles per hour, the following was to happen;
- Your clothes would catch fire from the friction created by wind resistance
- The water in the tender would boil off due to the same principle as above
- Wind resistance would force your skin back across your face and shove your eyes in
- The smooth-wheeled locomotive would spin so fast at speed that it would make sparks
- The pistons would be moving so furiously that the smoke would make a vertical column at any speed
- Period material would be shaken to pieces
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