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Henry Robinson Palmer (1795–1844) was a British civil engineer who designed the world's second monorail and the first elevated railway. He is also credited as the inventor of corrugated metal roofing, still one of the world's major building materials.

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Henry Robinson Palmer

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Henry Robinson Palmer (1795–1844) was a British civil engineer who designed the world's second monorail and the first elevated railway. He is also credited...

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Henry Palmer

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Henry Palmer may refer to: Henry Palmer (Leicester MP) represented Leicester (UK Parliament constituency) Henry Palmer (by 1496-1559), Member of Parliament...

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Wuppertal Schwebebahn

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Deutschlandticket. The Wuppertaler Schwebebahn had a forerunner: in 1824, Henry Robinson Palmer of Britain presented a railway system which differed from all previous...

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Lartigue Monorail

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developed a horse drawn monorail system, which had been invented by Henry Robinson Palmer in 1821. Lartigue had seen camels in Algeria carrying heavy loads...

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Corrugated galvanised iron

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the 1840s, and it is still helping developing countries today. Henry Robinson Palmer, architect and engineer to the London Dock Company, was granted...

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Suspension railway

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streets, waterways, or existing railway track. The British engineer Henry Robinson Palmer (1795–1844) filed a patent application for a horse-drawn suspended...

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Friedrich Harkort

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test track, as a monorail following a design of the Englishman Henry Robinson Palmer. (29 December 2009). Friedrich Harkort - Vorbild und Vordenker Archived...

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Tin tabernacle

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was first used for roofing in London in 1829 by civil engineer Henry Robinson Palmer, and the patent was later sold to Richard Walker who advertised...

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1829 in science

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Demian patents a version of the accordion in Vienna. June 30 – Henry Robinson Palmer files a British patent application for corrugated iron for use in...

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Timeline of historic inventions

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1829: William Mann invents the compound air compressor. 1829: Henry Robinson Palmer is awarded a patent for corrugated galvanised iron. 1830: Edwin...

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Containerization

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Conflat Container terminal design process Double-stack rail transport Henry Robinson Palmer described an early principle of containerization. Inter-box connector...

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Steeple Bumpstead

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invented corrugated iron, but this is myth as it was invented by Henry Robinson Palmer in 1829. He built and lived in the Iron House, North Street, which...

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Institution of Civil Engineers

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found the Institution was taken in 1818 by eight young engineers, Henry Robinson Palmer (23), William Maudslay (23), Thomas Maudslay (26), James Jones (28)...

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1829 in the United Kingdom

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Police Act establishes the Metropolitan Police Service. 30 June – Henry Robinson Palmer files a patent application for corrugated iron for use in buildings...

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Ivan Elmanov

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construction is considered to be the first known monorail in the world. Henry Robinson Palmer List of Russian inventors Izmerov, Oleg. "The Unknown Russian Monorail"...

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George Hurwood

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model steam engine. In 1842 Hurwood succeeded Henry Robinson Palmer running Ipswich Dock, when Palmer relinquished the post following he completion of...

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History of monorail

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traced to UK patent No 4618 dated 22 November 1821. The inventor was Henry Robinson Palmer, who described it as 'a single line of rail, supported at such height...

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Quiambaug

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Families", by Richard Anson Wheeler "Stonington By The Sea", by Henry Robinson Palmer "An Environmental History Review of Oyster, Flounder, Bay Scallop...

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1821 in rail transport

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of the United Kingdom. November – Henry Robinson Palmer patents a monorail system in England. May 8 – William Henry Vanderbilt, son of Cornelius Vanderbilt...

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Bryan Donkin

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vice-president of the Institution of Civil Engineers, which was founded by Henry Robinson Palmer, one of his pupils. He also helped the institution to obtain its...

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William Henry Barlow

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close to his family home. He then worked at the London Docks for Henry Robinson Palmer. Barlow married Selina Crawford Caffin in May 1842 at Charlton,...

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James Ashwell

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and became friends with Henry Robinson Palmer, who was often employed by Thomas Telford to make surveys. Ashwell assisted Palmer on surveys in East Anglia...

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Ipswich Docks

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Historic Lettering: Wet Dock Davy drawing". www.ipswich-lettering.co.uk. Henry Davy. Archived from the original on 17 May 2020. Twinch (2009), page 94...

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Cheshunt railway station

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Cheshunt Railway was opened on 26 June 1825. Based on a design by Henry Robinson Palmer, this line ran for 0.75 mi (1.21 km) from the town's high street...

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Prince William Railway Company

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test track, as a monorail following a design of the Englishman Henry Robinson Palmer. This was a precursor to the Wuppertal Schwebebahn finally built...

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