List of Cornish engineers and inventors

This is a list of engineers and inventors from Cornwall, England, 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]
Sir John Coode, civil engineer^[4]
William Cookworthy, discoverer of china clay (kaolinite) in Cornwall ^[5]
Sir Humphry Davy, scientist, inventor and President of the Royal Society^[6]
Sir Goldsworthy Gurney, inventor of limelight^[7]
Jonathan Hornblower, inventor of the compound engine and the steam valve^[8]
William Husband, civil and mechanical engineer^[9]
Thomas Brown Jordan, engineer^[10]
Michael Loam, inventor of the man engine^[11]
William Murdoch, engineer, inventor and sometime Cornish resident^[12]
Andrew Pears, inventor of transparent soap
Adrian Stephens, inventor of the steam whistle^[13]
Richard Tangye, engineer^[14]
John Taylor, inventor of the Cornish rolls^[15]
Joseph Thomas, architect and civil engineer
Joseph Treffry, engineer and industrialist^[16]
Henry Trengrouse, inventor of a rocket-powered maritime rescue system^[17]
Richard Trevithick, inventor, engineer and builder of the first steam locomotive^[18]
Robert Trewhella (1830-1909; it:Robert Trewhella), railway engineer and contractor^[19]
Andrew Vivian, Trevithick's cousin and collaborator, and captain of Dolcoath Mine ^[20]
Arthur Woolf, inventor of the high pressure compound steam engine^[21]

References

↑ Jonathan Betts, ‘Arnold, John (1735/6–1799)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 16 Dec 2008
↑ 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. Retrieved 2008-12-14.
↑ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press
↑ 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 (PDF). Cambridge University Press. p. 312. ISBN 978-0-521-87928-6.
↑ "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. Archived from the original on 5 March 2007. 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
↑ Charles E. Lee, "Adrian Stephens, inventor of the steam whistle", in Transactions of the Newcomen Society, 163-73
↑ 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
↑ Re: Robert Trewhella, b 1836 - Zennor; GenForum
↑ 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. Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 26 June 2011.

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[1] Jonathan Betts, ‘Arnold, John (1735/6–1799)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 16 Dec 2008

[2] Ronald M. Birse, ‘Bickford, William (bap. 1774, d. 1834)’, rev., Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 16 Dec 2008

[3] Bristow, Colin M. "Joseph Henry Collins 1841-1916". Mineralogical Society. Retrieved 2008-12-14.

[4] Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press

[5] Winchester, Angus J. L. (2004) ‘Cookworthy, William (1705–1780)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 16 Dec 2008

[6] David Knight, ‘Davy, Sir Humphry, baronet (1778–1829)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 16 Dec 2008

[7] G. B. Smith, ‘Gurney, Sir Goldsworthy (1793–1875)’, rev. Anita McConnell, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 16 Dec 2008

[R000000-8] Levine, David; Boldrin, Michele (2008-09-07). Against Intellectual Monopoly (PDF). Cambridge University Press. p. 312. ISBN 978-0-521-87928-6.

[dnb-9] "Husband, William". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.

[10] Anita McConnell, ‘Jordan, Thomas Brown (1807–1890)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 16 Dec 2008

[11] "The Man-Engine". Cornish Mining World Heritage Site. Archived from the original on 5 March 2007. Retrieved 2008-12-16.

[12] 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

[13] Charles E. Lee, "Adrian Stephens, inventor of the steam whistle", in Transactions of the Newcomen Society, 163-73

[14] 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

[15] 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

[16] 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

[17] 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

[18] Payton, Philip, ‘Trevithick, Richard (1771–1833)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004; online edn, Oct 2007 accessed 16 Dec 2008

[19] Re: Robert Trewhella, b 1836 - Zennor; GenForum

[20] 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

[21] "Engineers & Inventors". Cornish Mining World Heritage. Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 26 June 2011.

List of Cornish engineers and inventors

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