Jerónimo de Ayanz y Beaumont

Jerónimo de Ayanz y Beaumont (* Guendulain (Navarre) 1553- † Madrid 23 March 1613). Spanish soldier, painter, musician and inventor. He is best remembered for the invention of a steam-powered water pump for draining mines, for which he was granted a patent by the Spanish monarchy in 1606.

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