Oliver Evans

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Oliver Evans (September 13, 1755 – April 15, 1819) was an American inventor, engineer, and businessman born in rural Delaware and later rooted commercially in Philadelphia. He was one of the first Americans to build steam engines and was an advocate of high-pressure steam (as opposed to low-pressure steam).

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