Sir Goldsworthy Gurney (14 February 1793 – 28 February 1875) was an English surgeon, chemist, architect, builder, lecturer and consultant. He was a prototypical British gentleman scientist and inventor of the Victorian era.
Amongst many accomplishments, he developed the oxy-hydrogen blowpipe, and later applied its principles to a novel form of illumination, the Bude-Light; developed a series of early steam-powered road vehicles; and laid claim—still discussed and disputed today—to the blastpipe, a key component in the success of steam locomotives, engines, and other coal-fired systems.
Events surrounding the failure of his steam vehicle enterprise gave rise to controversy in his time, with considerable polarisation of opinion. His daughter Anna Jane Gurney (1816–1895) was devoted to him. During her lifetime, she engaged in a campaign to ensure the blastpipe was seen as his invention.
^1861, 1871 England Census[full citation needed]
and 22 Related for: Goldsworthy Gurney information
Sir GoldsworthyGurney (14 February 1793 – 28 February 1875) was an English surgeon, chemist, architect, builder, lecturer and consultant. He was a prototypical...
Sir Henry Lovell GoldsworthyGurney KCMG KStJ (27 June 1898 – 6 October 1951) was a British colonial administrator who served in various posts throughout...
Robert C. Edgar Albert Einstein Carlo Fornasini Benjamin Franklin GoldsworthyGurney Oliver Heaviside Caroline Herschel Robert Kraichnan George Frederick...
demonstrated in London, England, by Richard Trevithick. In the 1820s, GoldsworthyGurney built steam-powered road vehicles. One has survived to be on display...
equivalents. The limelight effect was discovered in the 1820s by GoldsworthyGurney, based on his work with the "oxy-hydrogen blowpipe", credit for which...
and depict St Christopher. During the latter half of his life, Sir GoldsworthyGurney, the surgeon, gentleman scientist, inventor, and pioneer of applying...
John Nash; this was replaced by the "Regents Park Manufactory" where GoldsworthyGurney built his steam carriages, while also working as a surgeon. The site...
buses were pioneered in England in the 1830s by associates of Sir GoldsworthyGurney and by Walter Hancock among others, running reliable services over...
Ammonia engines were used experimentally in the 19th century by GoldsworthyGurney in the UK and the St. Charles Avenue Streetcar line in New Orleans...
– GoldsworthyGurney demonstrates limelight. 1823 – Döbereiner's Lamp, a lighter invented by Johann Wolfgang Döbereiner. 1823 – GoldsworthyGurney devises...
an independent discovery or a copy of one of the other engineers. GoldsworthyGurney was another early exponent, whose claim to primacy was energetically...
to run steam coaches over the common roads. He was the backer of GoldsworthyGurney, and was also engaged in building for himself. His most famous car...
given credit for the invention of limelight, at the expense of Sir GoldsworthyGurney. It was Drummond, however, who realised its value in surveying. Drummond...
supersonic aircraft MiG-21 (together with Artem Mikoyan) GoldsworthyGurney (1793–1875), England – Gurney Stove Bartolomeu de Gusmão (1685–1724), Brazil – early...
on a concrete raft for Victorian inventor Sir GoldsworthyGurney and is now a heritage centre. Gurney also invented the Bude Light. At the northernmost...
for transportation, with steam carriages for road (e.g. the 1827 GoldsworthyGurney Steam bus) and for rail, although the latter quickly became more established...
14 July 2018. Retrieved 15 March 2008. See Walter Hancock and Sir GoldsworthyGurney https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/24-25/70/enacted "The Steam...
of the Dowlais Ironworks, Wales GoldsworthyGurney (1793–1875) – inventor and steam power pioneer, known for his Gurney Steam Carriage Timothy Hackworth...
anyone could hire the track to use their own vehicle on it. 1825 – Sir GoldsworthyGurney invented a series of steam-powered passenger carriages and by 1829...
coaching route further south (now part of the A30). Along with engineer GoldsworthyGurney, Hanning attempted to design a steam-powered coach that could be run...
Global Information