TREVITHICK, RICHARD, i. 255, 260 _note_; ii. 307-341. his biography by his son, ii. 307. original residence of his family, ii. 310. his father a skilful engineer, 310-312, 317. his mother, 310 and _note_. his birthplace, 310, 312. his school-days, 312. his jealousy of Watt, 311, 315, 316. marries Jane Harvey, 312, 316. his enormous physical strength, 313. becomes an engineer, 314. becomes acquainted with Davies Gilbert, 314. invents the high-pressure engine, 315. his rapid success, 316. his personal appearance, 316. his portraits, 316. his further inventions, and adaptations, 317 and _note_. a capital humorous story-teller, 317. invents the steam road-locomotive, 318-320. goes to London to patent it, 319. his acquaintance with George Stephenson, 321. his claim to the invention of the screw-propeller, 321, 324 and _note_. exhibits his steam locomotive in London, 322. falls into ill health and poverty, 323, 325, 327. Government refuses to recognise his services, 323, 339. his attempt at a Thames tunnel, 323. South Kensington Museum, account of him and his patents, 323, 324. his many other inventions, 324. his genius as compared with Watt's, 325. his simple tastes and hopeful disposition, 325. his dealings with the Admiralty, 326. his wife's journey to London, 326. their touching interview, 326. returns to Cornwall, 327. applies himself to steam navigation, 327, 340. his connexion with Plymouth breakwater, ii. 328. applies steam to agriculture, 328. invents the 'pole-puffer' engine, 328. his manner of starting Wheal Herland engine, 329. his challenge to Woolf the engineer, 330. his sanguine temperament, 331. goes to Peru, 331. his reception at Lima, 332, 333. the destruction of his machinery, and ruin of his prospects, 333. makes £2,500 by raising some sunken cannon, 334. his thriftless, unbusiness-like habits, 334. is pressed by Bolivar as a soldier, 334. invents an explosive bullet, 334. amputates a man's legs, 334. visits Chili and Costa Rica, 335. narrow escape from being drowned, 336. reaches Carthagena, where he meets Robert Stephenson, 336. Mr. Fairbairn's letter about him, 336. returns penniless to England, 338. his hearty reception in Cornwall, 339. his later inventions, 339. his old age and poverty, 339, 341. his last project, 340. his death, 341. recent endeavours to provide a memorial to his honour, 341. Trevose, ii. 148. Trewarthenick, i. 195. Trewent family, ii. 5, 8. Trewinnard, Jane, ii. 119. Trewledick family, i. 344. Trewoof, Hawise, i. 193. Treworder, ii. 37. Trewyn, ii. 116.