The Life and Times of Sir Goldsworthy Gurney: Gentleman Scientist and Inventor, 1793-1875

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Lehigh University Press, 1998 - 285 Seiten
Goldsworthy Gurney trained as a surgeon in Cornwall but moved to London in 1820 to participate in the chemistry revolution led by Humphrey Davy and Michael Faraday. Successful as an inventor of laboratory equipment, lighting fixtures, and ventilating systems, he failed to convert his pioneering designs for steam locomotion into commercial success. His career illuminates the social and scientific communities that flourished alongside or under the shadow of Davy, Faraday, and Stephenson.
 

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Gurneys Cornish Background
23
London 18201824 Lectures on Chemistry Part I
35
Lectures on Chemistry Part II
46
New Directions
59
Inventing the Steam Carriage
71
The Steam Carriage as a Commercial Venture
89
Opponents and Rivals
105
Mr Gurneys Case
122
Mine Ventilation
149
Parliament
168
The SteamJet Furnace and the Sewers of London
189
Recognition and Decline
212
Science Technology and Invention in the Early Nineteenth Century
224
Notes
235
Bibliography
268
Index
276

Steamboats Lighthouses Castles and Hot Air
133

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