John Samuel Enys, the Glossary
John Samuel Enys (21 September 1796 – 29 May 1872) was a British mining engineer and scientist who wrote several important papers on the "duty" of steam engines and other types of power delivery, from water wheels to horses.[1]
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27 relations: Architecture, British Science Association, Buoy, Cornwall, Davies Gilbert, Enys family of Enys in Cornwall, Exeter College, Oxford, Geology, Henry De la Beche, High Sheriff of Cornwall, Horse, Institution of Civil Engineers, John Enys (naturalist), Mary Ann Gilbert, Mineralogy, Mining engineering, Mining in Cornwall and Devon, Penryn, Cornwall, Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society, Royal Geological Society of Cornwall, Royal Society, Samuel Enys, Scientist, Steam engine, Water wheel, Watt steam engine, Winchester College.
- Engineers from Cornwall
- Scientists from Cornwall
Architecture
Architecture is the art and technique of designing and building, as distinguished from the skills associated with construction.
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British Science Association
The British Science Association (BSA) is a charity and learned society founded in 1831 to aid in the promotion and development of science.
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Buoy
A buoy is a floating device that can have many purposes.
Cornwall
Cornwall (Kernow;; or) is a ceremonial county in South West England.
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Davies Gilbert
Davies Gilbert (born Davies Giddy, 6 March 1767 – 24 December 1839) was a British engineer, author, and politician. John Samuel Enys and Davies Gilbert are engineers from Cornwall and high Sheriffs of Cornwall.
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Enys family of Enys in Cornwall
The Enys family have lived at Enys, which lies on the northern outskirts of Penryn, Cornwall, since the reign of Edward I, according to the website of the Enys Trust.
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Exeter College, Oxford
Exeter College (in full: The Rector and Scholars of Exeter College in the University of Oxford) is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England, and the fourth-oldest college of the university.
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Geology
Geology is a branch of natural science concerned with the Earth and other astronomical objects, the rocks of which they are composed, and the processes by which they change over time.
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Henry De la Beche
Sir Henry Thomas De la Beche KCB, FRS (10 February 179613 April 1855) was an English geologist and palaeontologist, the first director of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, who helped pioneer early geological survey methods. John Samuel Enys and Henry De la Beche are 1796 births.
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High Sheriff of Cornwall
Sheriffs and high sheriffs of Cornwall: a chronological list: The right to choose high sheriffs each year is vested in the Duchy of Cornwall. John Samuel Enys and high Sheriff of Cornwall are high Sheriffs of Cornwall.
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Horse
The horse (Equus ferus caballus) is a domesticated, one-toed, hoofed mammal.
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Institution of Civil Engineers
The Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) is an independent professional association for civil engineers and a charitable body in the United Kingdom.
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John Enys (naturalist)
John Davies Enys (11 October 1837 – 7 November 1912) was a New Zealand runholder and naturalist.
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Mary Ann Gilbert
Mary Ann Gilbert (1776 – 26 April 1845) was an English agronomist.
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Mineralogy
Mineralogy is a subject of geology specializing in the scientific study of the chemistry, crystal structure, and physical (including optical) properties of minerals and mineralized artifacts.
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Mining engineering
Mining in the engineering discipline is the extraction of minerals from the ground.
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Mining in Cornwall and Devon
Mining in Cornwall and Devon, in the southwest of Britain, is thought to have begun in the early-middle Bronze Age with the exploitation of cassiterite.
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Penryn, Cornwall
Penryn (Pennrynn, meaning 'promontory') is a civil parish and town in west Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.
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Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society
The Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society (commonly known as The Poly) is an educational, cultural and scientific charity, as well as a local arts and cinema venue, based in Falmouth, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.
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Royal Geological Society of Cornwall
The Royal Geological Society of Cornwall is a geological society originally based in Penzance, Cornwall in the United Kingdom.
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Royal Society
The Royal Society, formally The Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge, is a learned society and the United Kingdom's national academy of sciences.
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Samuel Enys
Samuel Enys (11 October 1611 – 8 November 1697) was an English merchant and politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1660.
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Scientist
A scientist is a person who researches to advance knowledge in an area of the natural sciences.
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Steam engine
A steam engine is a heat engine that performs mechanical work using steam as its working fluid.
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Water wheel
A water wheel is a machine for converting the energy of flowing or falling water into useful forms of power, often in a watermill.
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Watt steam engine
The Watt steam engine design was an invention of James Watt that became synonymous with steam engines during the Industrial Revolution, and it was many years before significantly new designs began to replace the basic Watt design.
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Winchester College
Winchester College is an English public school (a long-established fee-charging boarding school for pupils aged 13–18) with some provision for day attendees, in Winchester, Hampshire, England.
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See also
Engineers from Cornwall
- Andrew Vivian
- Arthur Woolf
- Davies Gilbert
- Francis Trevithick
- Harrison Hayter
- Henry Trengrouse
- John Coode (engineer)
- John Edyvean
- John Harvey (ironfounder)
- John Samuel Enys
- John Snell (electrical engineer)
- Jonathan Hornblower
- Jonathan Hornblower (born 1717)
- Joseph Thomas (architect)
- Joseph Treffry
- List of Cornish engineers and inventors
- Michael Loam
- Nicholas Procter Burgh
- Nicholas Trestrail
- Richard Tangye
- Richard Thomas (civil engineer)
- Richard Trevithick
- Robert Dunkin
- Robert Trewhella
- Thomas Matthews (engineer)
- William Husband
- William Matthews (engineer)
- William Murdoch
- William Westcott Rundell
Scientists from Cornwall
- Bartholomew Sulivan
- Charles Fox (scientist)
- Charles Morton (educator)
- Edmund Davy
- Edward Hearle Rodd
- Edwin Dunkin
- Elizabeth Andrew Warren
- Emily Stackhouse
- Ethelwynn Trewavas
- Frederick Hamilton Davey
- Goldsworthy Gurney
- Humphry Davy
- Jamie Farnes
- Jeremy P. E. Spencer
- John Couch Adams
- John Davy (chemist)
- John Mayow
- John Ralfs
- John Samuel Enys
- Jonathan Couch
- Lancelot Stephen Bosanquet
- List of Cornish scientists
- Malcolm Atkinson
- Peter D. Mitchell
- Richard Edmonds (scientist)
- Richard Quiller Couch
- Robert Dunkin
- William Colenso
- William Grylls Adams
- William Noye (entomologist)