- A
Cornish engine is a type of
steam engine developed in Cornwall, England,
mainly for
pumping water from a mine. It is a form of beam
engine that uses...
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pumping engines on the
Cornish system (often
known as
Cornish engines)
continued to be
built new
throughout the 19th century.
Older Watt
engines were updated...
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relatively efficient. The
Cornish engine had
irregular motion and
torque through the cycle,
limiting it
mainly to pumping.
Cornish engines were used in mines...
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existed there. Consequently, the
Cornish beam
engines became world-famous, as they
remain among the most m****ive beam
engines ever constructed.
Because of...
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engines valve timings can be
driven by
eccentrics or cranks, but in non-rotative beam
engines these options are not available. In the
Cornish engine valves...
- The
Cornish people or
Cornish (
Cornish: Kernowyon, Old English: Cornƿīelisċ) are an
ethnic group native to, or ****ociated with
Cornwall and a recognised...
- Prosper. This
became known as the
Cornish engine, and was the most
efficient in the
world at that time.
Other Cornish engineers contributed to its development...
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electric pumps. This was the last new
Cornish engine to be built. It
remains in situ in its
Grade I
listed engine house. The
quarry was one of the first...
- B. (1966). The
Cornish Beam
Engine (New ed.). Truro: D.
Bradford Barton Ltd. Burt, Roger; Waite, Peter; Burnley, Ray (1987).
Cornish Mines: Metalliferous...
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water pumping steam engines dating from 1820 to 1910. It is the home of the world's
largest collection of
working Cornish engines,
including the Grand...
