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- Arthur_Woolf abstract "Arthur Woolf (1766, Camborne, Cornwall – 16 October 1837, Guernsey) was a Cornish engineer, most famous for inventing a high-pressure compound steam engine. As such he made an outstanding contribution to the development and perfection of the Cornish engine.Woolf left Cornwall in 1785 to work for Joseph Bramah's engineering works in London. He worked there and at other firms as an engineer and engine builder until 1811, when he returned to Cornwall. Michael Loam, inventor of the man engine, was trained by him.When he returned to Cornwall, beam engine designs were crude, shackled by outdated Watt patents and poor engineering. He learned from Bramah that to move forward meant adopting much improved engineering techniques, for it was Bramah who invented quality control. Woolf was chief engineer to Harvey & Co of Hayle, a leading engineering and foundry works. They eventually swallowed up the rival Copperhouse Foundry run by Sandys, Carne and Vivian. For very many years they were a leading firm worldwide for drainage engines, even supplying 6 eight-beamed pumping engines to the Dutch government to drain the Haarlemmermeer (see Museum De Cruquius). By the time Woolf retired in 1836 the Cornish engine, largely due to his efforts, was a thing of magnificent beauty and efficiency.In 1803, Woolf obtained a patent on an improved boiler for producing high pressure steam. In 1804, he patented his best-known invention, a compound steam engine.".
- Arthur_Woolf birthDate "1766-11-04".
- Arthur_Woolf birthPlace Camborne.
- Arthur_Woolf birthPlace Cornwall.
- Arthur_Woolf birthYear "1766".
- Arthur_Woolf deathDate "1837-10-16".
- Arthur_Woolf deathPlace Guernsey.
- Arthur_Woolf deathYear "1837".
- Arthur_Woolf depictionDescription "Woolf compound beam engine of 1858".
- Arthur_Woolf discipline Mechanical_engineering.
- Arthur_Woolf thumbnail Woolfsche_Balanciermaschine_1858.JPG?width=300.
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- Arthur_Woolf wikiPageWikiLink Camborne.
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- Arthur_Woolf wikiPageWikiLink Category:1837_deaths.
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- Arthur_Woolf wikiPageWikiLink Cornwall.
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- Arthur_Woolf wikiPageWikiLink James_Watt.
- Arthur_Woolf wikiPageWikiLink John_Harvey_(ironfounder).
- Arthur_Woolf wikiPageWikiLink Jonathan_Hornblower.
- Arthur_Woolf wikiPageWikiLink Joseph_Bramah.
- Arthur_Woolf wikiPageWikiLink London.
- Arthur_Woolf wikiPageWikiLink Man_engine.
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- Arthur_Woolf wikiPageWikiLinkText "Arthur Woolf".
- Arthur_Woolf wikiPageWikiLinkText "Arthur Woolf#Woolf's compound engine".
- Arthur_Woolf wikiPageWikiLinkText "Double Woolf Compound".
- Arthur_Woolf wikiPageWikiLinkText "Woolf Double Beam Compound Engine".
- Arthur_Woolf wikiPageWikiLinkText "Woolf boiler".
- Arthur_Woolf wikiPageWikiLinkText "Woolf compounding".
- Arthur_Woolf wikiPageWikiLinkText "Woolf compounds".
- Arthur_Woolf wikiPageWikiLinkText "Woolf".
- Arthur_Woolf birthDate "1766".
- Arthur_Woolf birthPlace Camborne.
- Arthur_Woolf birthPlace Cornwall.
- Arthur_Woolf caption "Woolf compound beam engine of 1858".
- Arthur_Woolf dateOfBirth "1766".
- Arthur_Woolf dateOfDeath "1837-10-16".
- Arthur_Woolf deathDate "1837-10-16".
- Arthur_Woolf deathPlace Guernsey.
- Arthur_Woolf discipline Mechanical_engineering.
- Arthur_Woolf group "note".
- Arthur_Woolf liststyle "lower-roman".
- Arthur_Woolf name "Arthur Woolf".
- Arthur_Woolf name "Woolf, Arthur".
- Arthur_Woolf nationality "British".
- Arthur_Woolf parents "Arthur Woolf".
- Arthur_Woolf placeOfBirth Camborne.
- Arthur_Woolf placeOfDeath Guernsey.
- Arthur_Woolf shortDescription "Cornish engineer".
- Arthur_Woolf significantDesign "high-pressure compound steam engine".
- Arthur_Woolf spouse "Emblin Vincent".
- Arthur_Woolf spouse "wife no 1".
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- Arthur_Woolf description "Cornish engineer".
- Arthur_Woolf description "Cornish engineer".
- Arthur_Woolf subject Category:1766_births.
- Arthur_Woolf subject Category:1837_deaths.
- Arthur_Woolf subject Category:British_mechanical_engineers.
- Arthur_Woolf subject Category:Cornish_engineers.
- Arthur_Woolf subject Category:Cornish_inventors.
- Arthur_Woolf subject Category:Cornish_people.
- Arthur_Woolf subject Category:People_from_Camborne.
- Arthur_Woolf subject Category:Steam_engine_engineers.
- Arthur_Woolf hypernym Engineer.
- Arthur_Woolf type Agent.
- Arthur_Woolf type Engineer.
- Arthur_Woolf type Person.