Hornblower, Jonathan Carter
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died March 1815, Penryn, Cornwall
British inventor.
He and his father, Jonathan (1717–80), worked for
James Watt. Seeking to improve on Watt's steam-engine design, he devised the first reciprocating compound steam engine (patented 1781); his engine had two cylinders (see
piston and cylinder), a significant contribution to
efficiency. In 1799 it was judged an infringement on Watt's patent.
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▪ British inventor
born July 5, 1753, Chacewater, Cornwall, Eng.
died March 1815, Penryn, Cornwall
British inventor of the double-beat valve, the first reciprocating compound steam engine.
Hornblower's invention, patented in 1781, was a steam engine with two cylinders, a significant contribution to efficiency. The firm of James Watt (Boulton & Watt) challenged his invention, claiming infringement of patent. With the decision against him, Hornblower lost the opportunity to further develop the compound engine, and the principle fell out of sight until it was rediscovered in 1804 by Arthur Woolf, of Great Britain. Hornblower patented other inventions, a rotative engine and a steam wheel, or steam engine, and amassed a fortune in engineering.
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