Cooper, P.

Japanese: Cooper,P.(英語表記)CooperP
Cooper, P.

…In the United States, as in the UK, horse-drawn railroads began appearing at the end of the 18th century, but in 1827 the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad was granted a construction license and opened in 1830. At first, they tried to use horses or sails, but in the same year that the railroad opened, Peter Cooper (1791-1883) built a prototype locomotive called Tom Thumb and successfully completed a test run, so the railroad began to fully adopt steam locomotives. The Charleston and Hamburg Railroad and the Mohawk and Hudson Railroad, which were in the planning stages at the time, were also soon to be established as railroads using steam power. …

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Japanese:

…アメリカ合衆国では,イギリスと同様,18世紀末から馬車による鉄道が出現していたが,1827年ボルティモア・オハイオ鉄道が敷設免許を得,30年に開業した。当初は馬または帆を利用する方式をとろうとしたが,開業の年クーパーPeter Cooper(1791‐1883)がトムサム(親指トム)号を試作して試運転に成功したため,同鉄道は蒸気機関車を本格的に採用した。当時計画を進めていたチャールストン・ハンバーグ鉄道やモホーク・ハドソン鉄道などもつぎつぎに蒸気動力を使用する鉄道として誕生した。…

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