Johann Georg Bodmer

Johann Georg Bodmer
c.1850s engraved by Samuel Bellin
Born 6 December 1786
Zürich, Switzerland
Died 29 May 1864 (1864-05-30) (aged 77)
Zürich, Switzerland
Nationality Swiss
Occupation Engineer
Engineering career
Discipline Civil and Mechanical Engineer

Johann Georg Bodmer (December 6, 1786 – May 29, 1864) was a prolific Swiss inventor, making contributions to areas ranging from weaponry to steam engines, textile manufacture (machinery for wool spinning), and railroad construction.

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References

  1. ↑ MacLeod, Christine (2007). Heroes of Invention: Technology, Liberalism and British Identity, 1750-1914 (illustrated ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 260. ISBN 9780521873703. Retrieved 27 November 2015.
  • "Bodmer". Meyers Konversations-Lexikon (in German). 3 (4th ed.). 1890. pp. 119–120.
  • Brownlie, David (1925). "John George Bodmer, his life and work, particularly in relation to the evolution of mechanical stoking". Transactions of the Newcomen Society. 6: 86–110. doi:10.1179/tns.1925.005.
  •  Rines, George Edwin, ed. (1920). "Bodmer, Georg". Encyclopedia Americana.


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