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

Cover: The Life and Times of Goldsworthy: Gentleman Scientist and Inventor, 1793-1875
Author
Dale H. Porter

Hardback
May 1999 • ISBN 978-0934223508 • $92.00


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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.