De Volson Wood
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1832 – 1897
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Who was De Volson Wood?
De Volson Wood was American civil engineer and educator. He invented a steam rock drill and an air compressor and designed an ore dock. Wood was professor, an author of multiple monographs on mathematics and engineering, vice-president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the first president of the American Society for Engineering Education.
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- Born
- Jun 1, 1832
Smyrna - Nationality
- United States of America
- Education
- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
- Died
- Jun 27, 1897
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on July 23, 2013
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