Did you know that a Swedish engineer designed the Monitor, an ironclad ship in the Civil War? A+
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did you know that a swedish engineer designed the monitor, an ironclad ship in the civil war.
He was America's greatest engineer: an obsessive visionary who walked the floor of the Mississippi River, built the nation's first ironclad ships, designed a steel bridge no one thought possible, and opened the country's heartland to trade with a daring river control system. A bold entrepreneur and charming promoter,James Buchanan Eads created a series of technological marvels that changed the course of American history and inspired a new generation of engineers. Named one of the five greatest engineers of all time -- along with Leonardo Da Vinci and Thomas Edison -- Eads won the admiration of millions and the respect of leaders around the globe.The French Navy's La Gloire("Glory") was the first ocean-going ironclad battleship in history. built in 1860 for the Crimean war
Russian born, US aeronautical engineer, Igor Sikorsky (1889-1972), designed and flew the first four engined aircraft in 1913 and designed the first successful helicopter in 1939. As to why, I can only guess that he saw a need and fulfilled it, or somebody asked him, or he picked up on one of Leonardo Da Vinci's ideas.
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German engineer Richard Fiedler invented the modern-day flamethrower in 1901