Encyclopedias: Spartacus Educational: Scientists and Engineers

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	Home: Encyclopedias: Spartacus Educational: Scientists and Engineers LINKS:   Pages: 1 2 [>>] Richard Trevithick http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/RAtrevithick.htm A brief history of a turn of the nineteenth-century steam locomotive pioneer. Includes a photo of his experimental engine. William Hedley http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/RAhedley.htm Short narrative on the life of a smooth wheel steam engine pioneer. Includes a photo of his eight wheel Wylam Dilly. Joseph Priestley http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/PRpriestley.htm Conroversial clergyman and political theorist who advanced liberal political and religious thought in 18th century England. Established the first Unitarian Church in America. 1733-1804 Thomas Telford http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/SCtelford.htm Short history of an 18-19th century engineer responsible for building bridges, canals, aquaducts and roads. Spartacus: James Watt http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/SCwatt.htm Biographical entry on the Scottish engineer and inventor who conceived of numerous improvements to the steam engine. Invented the modern condensing steam engine. 1736 - 1819 Matthew Boulton http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/SCboulton.htm Short biography of the engineer who produced steam engines with James Watt. He also applied steam power to coining machines. 1728-1809 Humphry Davy http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/SCdavy.htm Early 19th century chemist who was considered to be one of Britain's leading scientists. Among other things, he discovered the anesthetic effect of laughing gas (nitrous oxide) and identified metals such as potassium, sodium, barium, strontium, calcium and magnesium. 1778-1829 John MacAdam http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/SCmacadam.htm Surveyor-general of metropolitan roads in England during the 19th century. Remade roads with crushed stone bound with gravel on a firm base of large stones later known as the Macadamized system. 1756 - 1836 Michael Faraday http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/SCfaraday.htm Brief biography of an early 19th century inventor most noted for the electric motor and his studies in electricity and magnetism. Hargreaves, James http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/SChargreaves.htm Short biography of the British carpenter, weaver and self-made engineer who invented the eight-thread spinning jenny. 1720-1778. William Jessop http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/RAjessop.htm Brief entry about one of Britain's leading engineers. His projects including the Grand Junction Canal, the Surrey Iron Railway, the Bristol Docks and the West India Docks. John Rennie http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/INrennie.htm Short biography of a famous bridge and dock builder. Responsible for the Leeds Bridge and most notably London Bridge, which was unfinished at his death in 1821. Timothy Hackworth http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/RAhackworth.htm Biographical overview of a designer of steam locomotives. Includes a photo of his six wheel engine, the Royal George. John Blenkinsop http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/RAblenkinsop.htm Biographical entry on the manager of the Middleton Colliery. In 1812, produced the Salamanca locomotive weighing 5 tons and capable of hauling a load of 90 tons at 4 mph. George Stephenson http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/RAstephensonG.htm Thorough, cross-linked biography an early railroad pioneer who, with his son Robert, became the world's first locomotive builder. Engineered many railways and worked to improve the quality of steam engines. 1781-1848 Robert Stephenson http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/RAstephensonR.htm Cross-linked biography of the founder of the first company in the world that built locomotives. Isambard Kingdom Brunel http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/RAbrunel.htm Brief life history of an 19th century engineer who worked on the Thames Tunnel and the Great Western Railway. Also built a steam boat which made 60 crossings from Bristol to New York. 1806-1859 Joseph Locke http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/RAlocke.htm Railway engineer of the Grand Junction Railway which included 100 underbridges, 50 overbridges, 5 viaducts, 2 tunnels and 2 aqueducts. The first to realize locomotives would gradually be able to overcome steep gradients. 1805-1860 George Bidder http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/RAbidder.htm Short bio of the first person to design and build a railway swing bridge. Also one of the founders of the first company formed to provide telegraphic communication. 1806-1878 Daniel Gooch http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/RAgooch.htm Biography of the locomotive superintendent of the Great Western Railway whose engines could haul a large load at 60 mph. Later he concentrated on developing telegraphic communication. 1816-1889 Edward Bury http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/RAbury.htm Short history of a railway engineeer whose design combined horizontal inside cylinders with a horizontal tubular boiler. In 1844 he was elected to the Royal Society. 1794-1858 Matthew Murray http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/RAmurray.htm Concise, cross-linked biography of an early 19th century steam locomotive designer. Nicholas Wood http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/RAwoodN.htm Short biography of an early pioneer in steam locomotives. Includes selected writings and correspondence. Charles Vignoles http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/RAvignoles.htm Short history of an railway pioneer also responsible for builing the Kiev Bridge in Russia. John Rastrick http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/RArastrick.htm Bio of the engineer of the Stratford & Moreton Railway, the London & Brighton, the Bolton & Preston, Gravesend & Rochester and the Nottingham & Grantham. 1780-1856   Pages: 1 2 [>>]

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