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Georgius Agricola.

Georgius Agricola

German scholar and scientist

Johan Vogt

Johan Herman Lie Vogt

Norwegian geologist

James Watt as a young man, c1769. Scottish engineer and instrument maker. Invented the modern steam engine which became the main source of power in Britain's textile mills. His engine had a separate condenser in which steam from the cylinder; (see notes)

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