John Stevens - Science and Technology

Science and Technology

  • John Stevens (inventor) (1749–1838), engineer who developed the multitubular boiler engine and the screw propeller
  • John Frank Stevens (1853–1943), builder of the Great Northern Railway in the U.S., and chief engineer on the Panama Canal

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