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