Johann Georg Bodmer | |
|---|---|
 c.1850s engraved by Samuel Bellin | |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
6 December 1786 Zürich, Switzerland |
| Died |
29 May 1864 (aged 77) Zürich, Switzerland |
| Nationality | Swiss |
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.
See also[]
- Benjamin Hick
- Benet Woodcroft[1]
- List of early locomotives of the London Brighton and South Coast Railway
References[]
- ↑ MacLeod, Christine (2007). Heroes of Invention: Technology, Liberalism and British Identity, 1750-1914 (illustrated ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 260. ISBN 9780521873703. https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=ZhMHZdm4U-QC&pg=PA260&lpg=PA260&dq=sans+pareil+john+hick+1864&source=bl&ots=fYFkjLuIWI&sig=xGW4mDmaL__Evt5JYBFoyJgeu7I&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjt_8zb77DJAhXCuhQKHV5LDIQQ6AEIJzAC#v=onepage&q=sans%20pareil%20john%20hick%201864&f=false. Retrieved 27 November 2015.
- "Bodmer" (in de). Meyers Konversations-Lexikon. 3 (4th ed.). 1890. pp. 119–120. http://susi.e-technik.uni-ulm.de:8080/Meyers2/seite/werk/meyers/band/3/seite/0119/meyers_b3_s0119.html.
- Brownlie, David (1925). "John George Bodmer, his life and work, particularly in relation to the evolution of mechanical stoking". pp. 86–110. Digital object identifier:10.1179/tns.1925.005.
Rines, George Edwin, ed. (1920) "Bodmer, Georg" Encyclopedia Americana
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