Arthur Woolf (1766 Camborne Cornwall – 26 October 1837 Guernsey) was a Cornish engineer most famous for inventing a high-pressure compound steam engine. As such he made an outstanding contribution to the development and perfection of the Cornish engine.Woolf left Cornwall in 1785 to work for Joseph Bramah’s engineering works in London. He worked there and at other firms as an engineer and engine builder until 1811 when he returned to Cornwall.
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