Johann Georg Bodmer (6 December 1786 – 30 May 1864) was a prolific Swiss inventor, making contributions to areas ranging from weaponry to
steam engines
A steam engine is a heat engine that performs Work (physics), mechanical work using steam as its working fluid. The steam engine uses the force produced by steam pressure to push a piston back and forth inside a Cylinder (locomotive), cyl ...
, textile manufacture (machinery for wool spinning), and railroad construction.
See also
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Benjamin Hick
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Benet Woodcroft
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List of early locomotives of the London Brighton and South Coast Railway
References
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External links
Polly Model Engineering Ltd, Anthony Mount Models, Bodmer’s Sliding Cylinder Engine 1841
1786 births
19th-century Swiss inventors
Swiss railway mechanical engineers
Swiss railway pioneers
Swiss military engineers
Steam engine engineers
Machine tool builders
People from Zurich
People of the Industrial Revolution
19th-century Swiss engineers
1864 deaths
19th-century Swiss military personnel
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