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Calendar of Industrial Pioneers

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April 27, 1885. Joseph d'Aguilar Samuda died.—Entering into partnership with his brother Jacob, Samuda built marine engines, laid down railways worked on the atmospheric principle, and became an eminent builder of iron steamships and armoured men of war. In his works in the Isle of Dogs he introduced labour-saving machinery, and with Reed, Woolley, Scott Russell, and others he helped to found the Institution of Naval Architects.

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S., E. Calendar of Industrial Pioneers. Nature 109, 566 (1922). https://doi.org/10.1038/109566a0

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