Joseph Hornblower

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This article is about the English engineer. For the state supreme court justice, see Joseph Coerten Hornblower.

Joseph Hornblower (1696? – 1762) was an English engineer, a pioneer of steam power. In 1725 he was engaged to install a Newcomen engine at Wheal Rose, near Truro. He settled in Salem, Cornwall in 1748[1].

Jonathan Hornblower was his son by his first wife Rebecca. He died in Bristol.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Matschoss, Conrad (1970). Great Engineers. Ayer Publishing, 154. ISBN 0-836-91837-1. 
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