Oliver Evans
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 205 years ago |
Date of birth | September 13,1755 |
Zodiac sign | Virgo |
Born | Newport |
Delaware | |
United States | |
Date of died | April 15,1819 |
Died | New York City |
New York | |
United States | |
Nationality | American |
Spouse(s) | Sarah Tomlinson (m. 1783–1816); Hetty Ward (m. 1818–1819) |
Siblings | Joseph Evans |
Evan Evans | |
Job | Engineer |
Inventor | |
Books | The young mill-wright's & miller's guide |
The abortion of the young steam engineer's guide | |
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ID | 439995 |
Oliver Evans Life story
Oliver Evans was an American inventor, engineer and businessman born in rural Delaware and later rooted commercially in Philadelphia. He was one of the first Americans building steam engines and an advocate of high pressure steam.