Career
He joined the navy in 1809 and saw active service until going on half-pay in 1827. He was made a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society while a Midshipman. Between 1820-1823 he wrote papers and related letters to the Board of Longitude on clocks and chronometers, celestial navigation, particularly using Jupiter"s satellites, and a marine chair for observing them.
He was the author of "The History of the Railway connecting London and Birmingham".
"A Practical Treatise on Railways, explaining their construction and management", originally published as Railways in the seventh Edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica. "An Examination of Professor Barlow"s reports on iron rails, et cetera" 1836.
