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Michael Loam, the Glossary

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Michael Loam (1 November 1797 – 14 July 1871) was an English engineer who introduced the first man engine (a device to carry men up and down the shaft of a mine) into the UK.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 11 relations: Arthur Woolf, Botusfleming, Civil engineering, Cornwall, Dictionary of National Biography, Hartz, John Rogers (divine), Ludgvan, Man engine, Philip Payton, Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society.

  2. British mining engineers
  3. Engineers from Cornwall
  4. Inventors from Cornwall

Arthur Woolf

Arthur Woolf (1766, Camborne, Cornwall – 16 October 1837, Guernsey) was a Cornish engineer, most famous for inventing a high-pressure compound steam engine. Michael Loam and Arthur Woolf are engineers from Cornwall and Inventors from Cornwall.

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Botusfleming

Botus Fleming or Botusfleming (Bosflumyes) is a village and civil parish in southeast Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.

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Civil engineering

Civil engineering is a professional engineering discipline that deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including public works such as roads, bridges, canals, dams, airports, sewage systems, pipelines, structural components of buildings, and railways.

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Cornwall

Cornwall (Kernow;; or) is a ceremonial county in South West England.

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Dictionary of National Biography

The Dictionary of National Biography (DNB) is a standard work of reference on notable figures from British history, published since 1885.

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Hartz

Hartz is a surname, and may refer to.

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John Rogers (divine)

John Rogers (17 July 1778 – 12 June 1856) was an English Anglican priest, mine-owner, botanist, mineralogist, and scholar of Hebrew and Syriac.

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Ludgvan

Ludgvan (Lujuan) is a civil parish and village in Cornwall, England, UK, northeast of Penzance.

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Man engine

A man engine is a mechanism of reciprocating ladders and stationary platforms installed in mines to assist the miners' journeys to and from the working levels.

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Philip Payton

Philip John Payton is a British-Australian historian and Emeritus Professor of Cornish and Australian Studies at the University of Exeter and formerly Director of the Institute of Cornish Studies based at Tremough, just outside Penryn, Cornwall.

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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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See also

British mining engineers

Engineers from Cornwall

Inventors from Cornwall

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Loam

Also known as Loam, Michael.