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Born March 5, 1876 • Vesoul • France
Died March 4, 1963 (aged 86) • Switzerland
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Johann Georg Bodmer
Swiss inventor
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Henry Maudslay
British engineer and inventor
William George Armstrong, c. 1870
William George Armstrong, Baron Armstrong
British industrialist and engineer
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Robert Bosch
German engineer
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John Wyatt
English mechanic
Clément Ader.
Clément Ader
French engineer and inventor
Sir Marc Isambard Brunel
Sir Marc Isambard Brunel
French-born engineer and inventor
Black and white portrait of Francois Hennebique, inventor of the Hennebique system of reinforced concrete.
François Hennebique
French engineer
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Marc Séguin, the Elder
French engineer
Pierre-Émile Martin.
Pierre-Émile Martin
French engineer
optical telegraph
Claude Chappe
French engineer and clergyman
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Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot
French engineer
R.E.P. No. 2
Robert Esnault-Pelterie
French aviation pioneer
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Claude-François-Dorothée, marquis de Jouffroy d’Abbans
French engineer and inventor
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Jean-Charles de Borda
French mathematician and nautical astronomer
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Jean-Maurice-Émile Baudot
French engineer
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Georges Leclanché
French engineer
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Hippolyte Fontaine
French engineer
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Germain Sommeiller
French engineer
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Jacques Besson
French engineer