biography
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Russell, John Scott
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| lived:
| (1808–82)
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| biography:
| Engineer and naval architect, born near Glasgow, W Scotland, UK. He studied at Glasgow University, became professor of natural philosophy at Edinburgh (1832), and researched the effect of water waves on ships' hulls, designing hulls for the Scottish shipbuilding industry. He moved to London in 1844, and helped design many ships, including the Great Eastern (1856) and HMS Warrior (1860), the first ironclad battleship. |
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