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September 10, 1827. George Medhurst was buried. —The projector of the atmospheric railway, of which he published descriptions in 1812 and 1827, Medhurst was born in 1759, began life as a clock-maker, and was afterwards a machinist in Soho. Various atmospheric railways were constructed, but not till some years after Medhurst's death.
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S., E. Calendar of Industrial Pioneers. Nature 110, 368 (1922). https://doi.org/10.1038/110368b0
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