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]
- Sir Thomas Matthews, civil engineer and builder of lighthouses
- William Murdoch, engineer, inventor and sometime Cornish resident[12]
- Andrew Pears, inventor of transparent soap[citation needed]
- William Westcott Rundell, inventor and engineer from Falmouth
- 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]
- Dolcoath Mine[20]
- Arthur Woolf, inventor of the high pressure compound steam engine[21]
See also
- List of Cornish scientists and inventors
References
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- ^ "Engineers & Inventors". Cornish Mining World Heritage. Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 26 June 2011.