. The Canadian journal ; a repertory of industry, science, and art ; and a record of the proceedings of the Canadian Institute. 40 Auff. ROBERT STEPHENSON, [1853 14, at —A bright red meteor about 0 times as large as Jupiter, lalliug nearly jjorpendicularly iu tho West, and bursting wlieu near the horizon, throwing out numerous sparks of bright yellow; it left a train which,- justbefoi'e bursting, assumed a wedge shape. Aug. 28, at —One falling diagonally towards horizon in North from star Cor Caroh; length of course 30 ° , and time of flight 3 seconds; it threw out spar
. The Canadian journal ; a repertory of industry, science, and art ; and a record of the proceedings of the Canadian Institute. 40 Auff. ROBERT STEPHENSON, [1853 14, at —A bright red meteor about 0 times as large as Jupiter, lalliug nearly jjorpendicularly iu tho West, and bursting wlieu near the horizon, throwing out numerous sparks of bright yellow; it left a train which,- justbefoi'e bursting, assumed a wedge shape. Aug. 28, at —One falling diagonally towards horizon in North from star Cor Caroh; length of course 30 ° , and time of flight 3 seconds; it threw out sparks during its couree of a dull red, and on bursting, of a bright bkie colour; its apparent size was twice that of Jupiter, and just as it burst, there was a smoke-like appearance of light round it to a diameter of 7 degrees. J. B. Robert Stephenson, M, P. The subject of this notice was born at Wilmington, near New- castle-upon-Tyne, and is the son of the late George Stephenson, of Tapton House, near Chesterfield, in Derbyshire, who from the humblest origin rose to an eminence to which the vast bene- fits he has confeiTcd on the world justly entitled him. • The early life of the elder Stephenson affords a singular contrast to his subse- quent history. Born in the rillage of Wy lam, on the banks of the Tyne, near Newcastle; the son of a colliery workman, he had early to labour for a share of the household bread. From picking bats and dross from coal heaps, at two-pence per day, when so young that he used to hide when the overseer was passing, lest he should be thought too small to earn his wages, lie became a breaks- man on a tram road, and then a stoker to an engine on the estate of Lord Ravensworth, thankful for the advancement of his wages from one to two shillings per day. Here some repairs required by the engine, afforded him an opportunity of displaying that native ingenuity of which he possessed so vast a fund. At this time the dearness of food and the lowness o
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