Patents
- UK Patent 7129 of June 1836 "Generating and Purifying Gas"
- UK Patent 7615 of April 1838 "Obtaining Motive Power"
- UK Patent 7727 of July 1838 "Manufacture of Iron"
His patent of 1836 is recorded in the Mechanics Magazine 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.
The patent "Obtaining Motive Power" relates to some very early work on the gas internal combustion engine, which is described in more details below.
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