Died 1857-10-09.
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Josef Ressel
Josef Ludwig Franz Ressel was an Austrian forester and inventor who designed one of the first working ship's propellers.
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science · Austrian inventor and forester · inventor · technician · forester · writer · also Josef Ressel, Joseph Ludwig Franz Ressel, Ressel
Born 29 June 1793 · Died 9 October 1857 · Q78558
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The Englishman Francis Pettit Smith tested a screw propeller similar to Ressel's
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Was transferred to Trieste, the biggest port of the Austrian Empire, where his tests were successful
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Born 1793-06-29.
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