Eminent engineers; brief biographies of thirty-two of the inventors and engineers who did most to further mechanical progress (1906)
Goddard, Dwight, 1861-1939 · New York, The Derry-Collard company · leaf 266
ardening. He was a highly honored member of the leadingscientific societies, before whom he presented some halfdozen epoch-marking essays. He was honored byknighthood in 1869. He died in 1887, leaving the bulk of his large estateto certain friends who were acquainted with his wishes,and who have,… … Sir Henry Bessemer I813-1898 264 Sir Henry Bessemer. T T T The father of Henry Bessemer was a notable in-ventor even before the French Revolution. He was inthe employ of the French mint and had been made a mem-ber of the Academy of Science at the exceptionally earlyage of twenty-five, and was a…
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