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William Murdoch (sometimes spelled Murdock) (21 August 1754 – 15 November 1839) was a Scottish chemist, inventor, and mechanical engineer. Murdoch was employed by the firm of Boulton & Watt and worked for them in Cornwall , as a steam engine erector for ten years, spending most of the rest of his life in Birmingham , England.
William Murdoch (sometimes Murdock) (1754–1839) was an engineer working for the firm of Boulton & Watt, when, while investigating distillation processes sometime in 1792–1794, he began using coal gas for illumination.
Jonathan Hornblower, inventor of the compound engine and the steam valve [8] William Husband, civil and mechanical engineer [9] Thomas Brown Jordan, engineer [10] Michael Loam, inventor of the man engine [11] Sir Thomas Matthews, civil engineer and builder of lighthouses; William Murdoch, engineer, inventor and sometime Cornish resident [12]
For a time he was a neighbour of William Murdoch, the steam carriage pioneer, and would have been influenced by Murdoch’s experiments with steam-powered road locomotion. [8] Trevithick first went to work at the age of 19 at the East Stray Park Mine. He was enthusiastic and quickly gained the status of a consultant, unusual for such a young ...
William Herman Hietamaki, a man who was last seen by his siblings in 1995. Remains found near the Hoover Dam in 2009 were later identified as his.
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William “Bill” Post, the man credited with inventing the iconic toaster pastry Pop-Tarts, has died at 96.. Post worked as the plant manager for the Michigan-based Hekman Biscuit Co., later ...
William McKinley, 25th president of the United States, 3rd US president to be assassinated; John McLane, 50th governor of New Hampshire; Mack McLarty, White House Chief of Staff (1993-1994) James C. McLaughlin, politician from Michigan; Robert McNamara, U.S. Defense Secretary and president of the World Bank; Dan K. McNeill, American general