Johann Georg Bodmer

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Johann Georg Bodmer (December 6, 1786May 29, 1864) was a prolific Swiss inventor, making contributions to areas ranging from weaponry to steam engines, textile manufacture, and railroad construction.

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  • (German) "Bodmer". Meyers Konversations-Lexikon (4th edition) 3. (1890). pp. 119–120. 
  • Brownlie, David (1925). "John George Bodmer, his life and work, particularly in relation to the evolution of mechanical stoking". Transactions of the Newcomen Society 6: 86–110.