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Evans, Oliver (1755 - 1819)
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American engineer
Evans invented a mechanism which produced an almost linear movement. He became known as the inventor of various practical machines. So he designed a traction engine, built a high pressure steam engine and invented an automatic flour mill. Latter became an American standard, which lasted for several generations and can be described as one of the first fully automated production lines. Evans is also referred to as the "American watt".
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variant spelling:
Evans, Oliver
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Curriculum vitae
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* 13.09.1755
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bei Newport
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born
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1785
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Red Clay Creek
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Builder of an automatic flour mill
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1789
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New York
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Patent for a high pressure steam engine
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1801
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Philadelphia
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Builder of a stationary high pressure steam engine to power a lime mill
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1804
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Philadelphia
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Builder of a mobile steam engine as a drive for an amphibious excavator
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1807
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Philadelphia
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Founder of the "Mars Iron Works"
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1811
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Pittsburg
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Founder of a factory for steam engines
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1817
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Builder of a 24-horsepower high-pressure steam engine
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† 15.04.1819
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New York
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died
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Studienmaterial zur Vorlesung Geschichte der Technikwissenschaften/Maschinenwesen: Von den Anfängen bis zur Herausbildungsperiode (1850)
Author: Mauersberger, Klaus
Published: 1983
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Die Maschine ; Geschichte, Elemente, Funktion ; ein enzyklopädisches Sachbuch
Author: Strandh, Sigvard
Published: 1992
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Kinematics of mechanisms from the time of Watt
Author: Ferguson, Eugene S.
Published: 1962
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Oliver Evans : a chronicle of early American engineering
Author: Bathe, Dorothy; Bathe, Greville
Published: 1935
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The Mind's Eye - Nonverbal Thought in Technology, in: Science
Author: Ferguson, Eugene S.
Published: 1977
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Wer - Was - Wann? Entdeckungen und Erfindungen in Naturwissenschaft und Technik.
Author: Conrad, Walter (Ed.)
Published: 1989
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Oliver Evans, Inventive Genius of the American Industrial Revolution
Author: Ferguson, Eugene S.
Published: 1980
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Oliver Evans, America's first automobile maker and driver ; born in Newport, Delaware in 1755
Author: Mortenson, Carl Walter
Published: 1984
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