Evans, Oliver
Born: Sep 13, 1755 AD
Died: 1819 AD, at 63 years of age.
Nationality: Unknown
Categories: None
Died: 1819 AD, at 63 years of age.
Nationality: Unknown
Categories: None
1755 - Born on the 13th of September in Newport, Delaware, United States.
1777 - He designed a machine for making card teeth for carding wool.
1789 - He was granted a patent for a steam-carriage design.
1792 - He moved to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
1794 - He sent copies of some his designs to Great Britain in an attempt to interest investors there.
1805 - He designed a refrigeration machine which ran on vapor.
1812 - He published a visionary description of the nation connected by a network of railroad lines with transportation by swift steam locomotives.
1819 - He was informed that his workshop in Philadelphia had burned to the ground while he was in NewYork City, United States.
- He died on the 15th of April because of a stroke.
1777 - He designed a machine for making card teeth for carding wool.
1789 - He was granted a patent for a steam-carriage design.
1792 - He moved to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
1794 - He sent copies of some his designs to Great Britain in an attempt to interest investors there.
1805 - He designed a refrigeration machine which ran on vapor.
1812 - He published a visionary description of the nation connected by a network of railroad lines with transportation by swift steam locomotives.
1819 - He was informed that his workshop in Philadelphia had burned to the ground while he was in NewYork City, United States.
- He died on the 15th of April because of a stroke.
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