biography
| name: |
Desaguliers, John Theophilus
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pronunciation:
[dayzagülyay]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1683–1744)
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| biography:
| Scientist and inventor, born in La Rochelle, W France. He studied at Oxford, became experimental assistant to Sir Isaac Newton, and later popularized Newtonian theories and their practical applications. He proposed a scheme for heating vessels such as salt-boilers by steam instead of fire, and improved the design of Thomas Savery's steam engine by adding a safety valve, and using an internal water jet to condense the steam in the displacement chambers. |
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