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Born August 19, 1808 • Edinburgh • Scotland
Died May 7, 1890 (aged 81) • London • England
Inventions steam hammer

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Richard Trevithick, detail of an oil painting by John Linnell, 1816; in the Science Museum, London.
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Alfred Nobel
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Werner von Siemens, drawing by Ismael Gentz, 1887
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George Eastman, 1926.
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Robert Stephenson
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