Newcomen Engine in the West of England
Details:
- Author(s) Rogers, Kenneth H
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 1976
- Pages 63pp; illus
- Publisher Moonraker Press
- Place Published Bradford on Avon
Topics:
- Name Power & fuel history
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Library:
- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Notes:
Based on the account book, 1742-69, of Thomas Goldney, 1694-1768, II, a Bristol merchant who was an important partner, 1738-68, in the Coalbrookdale Co and its agent in South West England. Provides details of engine parts supplied by the Coalbrookdale Co to c60 sites in Cornwall, Somerset, Gloucestershire / Bristol, and South Wales, giving a commentary on Goldney's work and schedules of the sites served - largely mines - with descriptions of their engines, etc. An appendix [pp155-7] contains sample extracts from the account book