Samuel Clegg

Japanese: クレッグ（英語表記）Samuel Clegg

1781‐1861
British gas engineer. Born in Manchester, he received his scientific education under chemist J. Dalton. In 1805, he became an apprentice at the firm of Boulton and Watt, where he witnessed W. Murdoch's experiments with coal-fired gas lighting at the Soho works. To improve gas purification, he invented a lime desulfurization device, and in 1814 became an engineer for the London Chartered Gas Company. In 1815 and 1818, he invented and patented the wet meter, which later became the foundation for measuring gas volume. After that, he worked on the construction of gas plants for several years, but his business in Liverpool failed and he went bankrupt, and he started anew as an engineer employed by the Portuguese government, where he was in charge of the construction of the Lisbon Mint.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

1781‐1861
イギリスのガス技術者。マンチェスターに生まれ，化学者J.ドルトンのもとで科学教育を受け，1805年ボールトン･アンド･ワット商会の徒弟となり，ソホ工場でW.マードックの石炭ガス照明実験に立ち会った。ガス精製法を改良すべく石灰による脱硫装置を発明，14年にはロンドンの特許ガス会社の技師となり，翌15年および18年に後のガス量測定の基礎技術となった湿式メーターを考案，特許を得た。その後数年間ガス製造所建設などに従事したが，リバプールでの事業に失敗･破産し，ポルトガル政府の雇用技師として再出発しリスボン造幣局建設の任に当たった。

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