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The inventor cut short his formal education and started his working life as a grocery salesman before his curiosity was aroused by the properties of gases.
Moral: Curiosity is a powerful spur
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Fable: The Curious Grocery Salesman
192 years ago was born the inventor of this engine, which he named after himself and which had a considerable effect on the transportation industry:
Nicolaus August Otto?
Spot on SEPAM Otto invented the engine
P.S. I can’t find any sign of the additional anniversaries
Yes DontAgree, they bought the rights to make the machine from the inventor
Nicolaus August Otto, I presume.
(BTW I emailed you a few more anniversaries, did you get them?)
The picture says Crossely brothers …
Don’t know, but I’ll take a wild guess that it’s Stephenson’s Rocket..
Afraid not Fred the grocery guy wasn’t a Brit