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William Hall Barnett was born in Bradford in 1802, and died in Brighton in August 1865. He is described as a 'founder' in his 1836 patent, and an 'ironfounder' in his 1838 patent, and later as an engineer and gas engineer, working in Brighton, UK. He worked for many years for the Brighton and Hove General Gas Company. == Patents == *UK Patent 7129 June 1836 "Generating and Purifying Gas" *UK Patent 7615 April 1838 "Obtaining Motive Power" *UK Patent 7727 July 1838 "Manufacture of Iron" His patent of 1836 is recorded in the Mechanics Magazine 〔Mechanics Magazine, no 686, 1836〕 as "Certain improvements for generating and purifying gas for the purposes of illumination". He also contributed the lead article for the Mechanics Magazine on Sept 23rd 1839, titled "Barnett's improved method of working gas retorts", which again relates to production of coal gas.〔Mechanics Magazine, no 850, 1839〕 The patent "Obtaining Motive Power" relates to some very early work on the gas internal combustion engine, which is described in more details below. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「William Barnett (engineer)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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