Robert Wilson
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Scottish engineer, inventor of the screw propeller
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Robert Wilson FRSE FRSSA was a Scottish engineer, remembered as inventor of a special kind of a screw propeller, which he demonstrated in 1827 . Wilson also designed a self-acting motion for steam hammers which was key to making them practical for industrial use, among many other inventions.
