List of Cornish engineers and inventors
This is a list of engineers and inventors from Cornwall, United Kingdom.
- John Arnold, watchmaker and pioneer of the marine chronometer[1]
- William Bickford, inventor of the safety fuse[2]
- Joseph Henry Collins, mining engineer, mineralogist and geologist [3]
- William Cookworthy, discoverer of china clay (kaolinite) in Cornwall [4]
- Sir Humphry Davy, scientist, inventor and President of the Royal Society[5]
- Sir Goldsworthy Gurney, inventor of limelight[6]
- Jonathan Hornblower, inventor of the compound engine and the steam valve.[7]
- William Husband, civil and mechanical engineer.[8]
- Thomas Brown Jordan, engineer[9]
- Michael Loam, inventor of the man engine[10]
- William Murdoch, engineer, inventor and sometime Cornish resident[11]
- Richard Tangye, engineer[12]
- John Taylor, inventor of the Cornish rolls[13]
- Joseph Treffry, engineer and industrialist[14]
- Henry Trengrouse, inventor of a rocket-powered maritime rescue system[15]
- Richard Trevithick, inventor, engineer and builder of the first steam locomotive[16]
- Andrew Vivian, Trevithick's cousin and collaborator, and captain of Dolcoath Mine [17]
- Arthur Woolf, invented the high pressure compound steam engine[18]
See also
References
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- ^ Ronald M. Birse, ‘Bickford, William (bap. 1774, d. 1834)’, rev., Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 16 Dec 2008
- ^ Bristow, Colin M.. "Joseph Henry Collins 1841-1916". Mineralogical Society. http://www.minersoc.org/pages/msinfo/collins.html. Retrieved 2008-12-14.
- ^ Winchester, Angus J. L. (2004) ‘Cookworthy, William (1705–1780)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 16 Dec 2008
- ^ David Knight, ‘Davy, Sir Humphry, baronet (1778–1829)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 16 Dec 2008
- ^ G. B. Smith, ‘Gurney, Sir Goldsworthy (1793–1875)’, rev. Anita McConnell, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 16 Dec 2008
- ^ Levine, David; Boldrin, Michele (2008-09-07). Against Intellectual Monopoly. Cambridge University Press. p. 312. ISBN 978-0521879286. http://www.dklevine.com/papers/imbookfinalall.pdf.
- ^ "Husband, William". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
- ^ Anita McConnell, ‘Jordan, Thomas Brown (1807–1890)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 16 Dec 2008
- ^ "The Man-Engine". Cornish Mining World Heritage Site. http://www.cornish-mining.org.uk/story/manengine.htm. Retrieved 2008-12-16.
- ^ John C. Griffiths, ‘Murdock, William (1754–1839)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004; online edn, Oct 2007 accessed 16 Dec 2008
- ^ W. B. Owen, ‘Tangye, Sir Richard (1833–1906)’, rev. H. C. G. Matthew, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 16 Dec 2008
- ^ Earl, Bryan (1994) Cornish Mining: the techniques of metal mining in the West of England, past and present; 2nd ed. St Austell: Cornish Hillside Publications ISBN 0-9519419-3-3
- ^ Jack Simmons, ‘Treffry , Joseph Thomas (bap. 1782, d. 1850)’, rev. Edmund Newell, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 16 Nov 2007
- ^ Pollard, A. F. (2004), ‘Trengrouse, Henry (1772–1854)’, rev. R. C. Cox, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 16 Dec 2008
- ^ Payton, Philip, ‘Trevithick, Richard (1771–1833)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004; online edn, Oct 2007 accessed 16 Dec 2008
- ^ Payton, Philip (2004), ‘Trevithick, Richard (1771–1833)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004; online edn, Oct 2007 accessed 16 Dec 2008
- ^ "Engineers & Inventors". Cornish Mining World Heritage. http://www.cornish-mining.org.uk/story/eng_invent.htm. Retrieved 26 June 2011.