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.
- ISBN10 0934223505
- ISBN13 9780934223508
- Publish Date 1 May 1999
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Lehigh University Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 285
- Language English