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Greville Bathe and Dorothy Bathe, Oliver Evans: A Chronicle of Early American Engineering (1935, reissued 1972), is a massive and authoritative study, based on meticulous historical research, with copious references. Eugene S. Ferguson, Oliver Evans: Inventive Genius of the American Industrial Revolution (1980), is a more condensed account.
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| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anniversary information added. | Apr 11, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Sep 09, 2025 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Mar 01, 2024 | ||
| Invalidated site: Public Broadcasting Service - Biography of Oliver Evans. | Apr 27, 2021 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Washington Library Center for Digital History - The Magnificent Millworks of Oliver Evans. | Apr 12, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Inventors Hall of Fame - Oliver Evans. | Apr 12, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: ASME - Biography of Oliver Evans. | Jun 25, 2013 | ||
| Added image of Evans. | Dec 04, 2009 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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