Johann Georg Bodmer Explained

Johann Georg Bodmer
Nationality:	Swiss
Birth Date:	6 December 1786
Birth Place:	Zürich, Switzerland
Death Place:	Zürich, Switzerland
Discipline:	Civil and Mechanical Engineer

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

See also

• Benjamin Hick
• Benet Woodcroft^[1]
• List of early locomotives of the London Brighton and South Coast Railway

References

• Encyclopedia: Bodmer . . 4th . 1890 . 3 . 119–120 . de.
• Brownlie . David . John George Bodmer, his life and work, particularly in relation to the evolution of mechanical stoking . Transactions of the Newcomen Society . 6 . 1925 . 86–110 . 10.1179/tns.1925.005.
• Bodmer, Georg.

External links

• Polly Model Engineering Ltd, Anthony Mount Models, Bodmer’s Sliding Cylinder Engine 1841

Notes and References

1. Book: MacLeod. Christine. Heroes of Invention: Technology, Liberalism and British Identity, 1750-1914. 2007. Cambridge University Press. 9780521873703. 260. illustrated. 27 November 2015.