Jonathan Hornblower

:"This article is about steam engineer Jonathan Hornblower (1753-1815). For his father, Jonathan Hornblower (1717-1780), see Jonathan Hornblower."

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birth_date = July 5, 1753
birth_place = Chacewater
death_date = February 23, 1815
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Jonathan Carter Hornblower (Chacewater, July 5, 1753 - Penryn, February 23, 1815) [Richard L. Hills, ‘Hornblower, Jonathan (1753–1815)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/13784 accessed 16 Oct 2007] ] was a a British pioneer of steam power, the son of Jonathan Hornblower and brother of Jabez Carter Hornblower, two fellow pioneers.

He developed a compound engine (the double-beat steam valve) in 1781 but was prevented from pursuing his invention by litigation with James Watt (Boulton & Watt) over intellectual property. In other developments in steam technology, however, he was more successful and he died a rich man at Penryn in 1815. He is buried in St Gluvias churchyard.

References

Encyclopædia Britannica (2007): "Jonathan Carter Hornblower".

External links

* [http://www.makingthemodernworld.org.uk/stories/the_age_of_the_engineer/03.ST.02/?scene=7&tv=true The compound engine]
*" [http://levine.sscnet.ucla.edu/papers/ip.ch1.pdf The Case Against Intellectual Monopoly] " by Boldrin & Levine