Stephensons

The Stephensons explain that members born into the church as well as potential converts are instructed repeatedly to seek a “personal testimony” of Mormon doctrine by praying and asking God if it is true.

American Grace Robert D. Putnam 2010

A whole nation of Franklins, Stephensons, and Watts in prospect, is something wonderful for other nations to contemplate.

Representative Government 2002

Stevens, and Bell and Fulton; thousands of locomotives, crossing the continents, will perpetuate the thought of the Stephensons and their colleagues in the introduction of the railway; the hum of millions of spindles and the music of the electric wire will tell of the work of

Scientific American Supplement, No. 803, May 23, 1891 Various

Following them are the magnates of applied science, the Watts, the Stephensons, the Bells, the Edisons, and their like, who apply to beneficial use the discoveries of the great lights of pure science often with prodigious material profit to themselves.

The Inhumanity of Socialism Edward Francis Adams

The Stephensons at once began the construction of "The Rocket," without doubt the most famous locomotive ever built.

Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 6 of 8 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History 1906

And the mere chapter of accidents has left a small accumulation of chance discoveries, such as the wheel, the arch, the safety pin, gunpowder, the magnet, the Voltaic pile and so forth: things which, unlike the gospels and philosophic treatises of the sages, can be usefully understood and applied by common men; so that steam locomotion is possible without a nation of Stephensons, although national Christianity is impossible without a nation of Christs.

The Revolutionist’s Handbook 1903

And the mere chapter of accidents has left a small accumulation of chance discoveries, such as the wheel, the arch, the safety pin, gunpowder, the magnet, the Voltaic pile and so forth: things which, unlike the gospels and philosophic treatises of the sages, can be usefully understood and applied by common men; so that steam locomotion is possible without a nation of Stephensons, although national

Revolutionist's Handbook and Pocket Companion George Bernard Shaw 1903

Let us hope that the healthy taste of the Stephensons, who by their inventive genius have contributed more than any other men to disturb society in its stationary customs, may plead in favour of the sun-dial – its preservation and its continued use;

The Book of Sun-Dials 1900

The name of the Stephensons, father and son, is inseparably connected with this work which has affected so deeply the economic and social life of the nation, and has contributed in a thousand indirect ways to the expansion and consolidation of the empire.

Ten Englishmen of the Nineteenth Century Joy, James Richard, 1863- 1902

The Stephensons were in demand not only throughout Great Britain, but even on the Continent.

Ten Englishmen of the Nineteenth Century Joy, James Richard, 1863- 1902