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    Sir Goldsworthy Gurney (14 February 1793 – 28 February 1875) was a British surgeon, chemist, architect, builder, lecturer and consultant. He was a prototypical...
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    Sir Henry Lovell Goldsworthy Gurney KCMG KStJ (27 June 1898 – 6 October 1951) was a British colonial administrator who served in various posts throughout...
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  • Conservative Party politician W. Brandt Goldsworthy, the pioneer of pultrusion Given name: Goldsworthy Gurney (1793–1875), surgeon, chemist, lecturer...
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    Bude-Light (redirect from Gurney light)
    oil lamp (later, in its modified form, a gas lamp) invented by Sir Goldsworthy Gurney, patented by him on 8 June 1839 and named after Bude, Cornwall, where...
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    Robert C. Edgar Albert Einstein Carlo Fornasini Benjamin Franklin Goldsworthy Gurney Oliver Heaviside Caroline Herschel Robert Kraichnan George Frederick...
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  • telescope – James Gregory Guillotine – Joseph-Ignace Guillotin Gurney Stove – Goldsworthy Gurney Halkett boat – Peter Halkett Hallidie ropeway – Andrew Smith...
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    and depict St Christopher. During the latter half of his life, Sir Goldsworthy Gurney, the surgeon, gentleman scientist, inventor, and pioneer of applying...
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    demonstrated in London, England, by Richard Trevithick. In the 1820s, Goldsworthy Gurney built steam-powered road vehicles. One has survived to be on display...
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    equivalents. The limelight effect was discovered in the 1820s by Goldsworthy Gurney, based on his work with the "oxy-hydrogen blowpipe", credit for which...
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  • Sir Goldsworthy Gurney (1793–1875), British scientist Harry Gurney (b. 1986), English cricket player Sir Henry Gurney (Henry Lovell Goldsworthy Gurney) (1898–1951)...
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