Regency Personalities Series-Peter Ewart

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Regency Personalities Series

In my attempts to provide us with the details of the Regency, today I continue with one of themany period notables.

Peter Ewart
14 May 1767 – 15 September 1842

Peter Ewart

Peter Ewart was a British engineer who was influential in developing the technologies of turbines and theories of thermodynamics.

He was son of the Church of Scotland minister of Troqueer near Dumfries, and was one of eleven children. His brother Joseph Ewart beca...