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English coalmaster and inventor
He was born in Nottinghamshire, but moved to Warwickshire in the 1760s to manage collieries in the Nuneaton area. For a time he lived in Camp Hill House, between Hartshill and Nuneaton, and later lived in Attleborough. He patented several inventions between 1766 and 1792, of which the most remarkable was one for a gas turbine. Unfortunately nothing practical came out of this patent, but Barber was the first man to describe in detail the principle of the gas turbine, and in recent years a working model based on Barber's specification has been built. Sir Frank Whittle in England patented a design for a gas turbine for jet propulsion. The first successful use of this engine was in April, 1937. His early work on the theory of gas propulsion was based on the contributions of most of the earlier pioneers of this field including John Barber.
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variant spelling:
Barber Beaumont, John Thomas
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Curriculum vitae
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* 22.10.1734
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Nottinghamshire (Angleterre)
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born
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1765
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Stainsby
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Propriétaire de mines de charbon et gestion de l'exploitation.
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1766
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Dépose son premier brevet, celui d'une turbine hydraulique réversible.
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1776
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Dépôt de brevet d'une turbine à vapeur.
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1784
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Stainsby
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Faillite de sa gestion d'exploitation de mine.
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1791
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Dépôt de brevet britannique n°1833 d'un fonctionnement d'une turbine à gaz : la conception de Barber comprenait un entraînement à chaîne, un compresseur de gaz, une chambre de combustion et une turbine.
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1795
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Invention de la turbine à gaz.
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† 06.11.1801
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Nuneaton (Angleterre)
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died
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