Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present
Sir Goldsworthy Gurney
Standard Name: Gurney, Sir Goldsworthy
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1825: Sir Goldsworthy Gurney invented limelight,...
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1825
Sir Goldsworthy Gurney
invented limelight, a brilliant white light produced by heating lime; it came into use in theatres a dozen years later.
Fuchs, Theodore. Stage Lighting. Benjamin Blom, 1963.
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Rees, Terence. Theatre Lighting in the Age of Gas. Society for Theatre Research, 1978.
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1827: British builder and businessman Goldsworthy...
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1827
British builder and businessman Goldsworthy Gurney
operated the first public motor vehicle.
Ellis, Hamilton. British Railway History: An Outline from the Accession of William IV to the Nationalisation of Railways 1830-1876. George Allen and Unwin, 1954.
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Bruno, Leonard. On the Move: A Chronology of Advances in Transportation. Gale Research, 1993.
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21 February 1831: Steam-driven buses invented by Sir Goldsworthy...
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21 February 1831
Steam-driven buses invented by Sir Goldsworthy Gurney
began regular service between Gloucester and Cheltenham.
Panati, Charles. Panati’s Browser’s Book of Beginnings. Houghton Mifflin, 1984.
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Derry, Thomas Kingston, and Trevor I. Williams. A Short History of Technology From the Earliest Times to A.D. 1900. Clarendon, 1960.
