When discussing pioneering steam engine and locomotive designer Richard Trevithick's work, Genius said "it was Stephenson who made it something really practical."
The Guardian(Feb 04, 2013)
In 1796 Richard Trevithick, a Cornish marine captain, was producing a road locomotive.
Doolittle, William Henry, Inventions in the Century(2011)
Today's Google doodle of Richard Trevithick's steam locomotive.
The Guardian(Apr 13, 2011)