George Stephenson

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/famouspeople/george_stephenson/
http://www.makingthemodernworld.org.uk/people/BG.0073/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/interactive/animations/rocket/index_embed.shtml
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/stephenson_george.shtml
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/victorians/launch_ani_rocket.shtml