Author:Goldsworthy Gurney

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Goldsworthy Gurney
(1793–1875)

English surgeon, chemist, lecturer, consultant, architect, builder, gentleman scientist, and inventor.

Goldsworthy Gurney

Works[edit]

  • Course of Lectures on Chemical Science, as delivered at the Surrey Institution, 1823.
  • Observations on Steam Carriages on Turnpike Roads, &c., with the Report of the House of Commons, 1832.
  • Evidence in Report from the Select Committee on Steam Carriages (1834)
  • Account of the Invention of the Steam-jet or Blast, and its Application to Steamboats and Locomotive Engines (in reference to the claims put forth by Mr. Smiles in his Life of George Stephenson), 1859.
  • Observations pointing out a means by which a Seaman may identify Lighthouses, and know their Distance from his Ship in any position or bearing of the Compass, 1864.

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