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20a. Genius Explained [Darwin, Stephenson & Faraday] by Michael Howe

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He Did Something and It Failed

George Stevenson tried to make an auto-breaking device at 21 years old he got married and then he started learning mechanics. He was constantly working on engines including trying to invent things that didn't work as long as one day he invented something that works this early failure doesn't really matter so he tried. In 1810 when he was 29 he had a big opportunity it was like a big break of sorts it was to fix an engine that had been broken for some time but even experienced engineers couldn't fix it. The senior engineer Ralph Dodds heard about him and got in touch in the following way: "I will make you a man for life what all all bet means is  this original

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