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| | Oliver Evans |
 | | EVANS, Oliver, inventor, born in Newport, Delaware, in 1755; died in New York City, 21 April 1819. |
 | | He was apprenticed to a wheelwright, and before he had reached the age of manhood the construction of a land carriage to be propelled without animal power began to occupy his attention. |
 | | The machine, which he named the "Orakter Amphibolos," propelled itself on wheels to the Schuylkill, a distance of one and a half mile, was fitted with a paddlewheel in the stern, and navigated the River to its junction with the Delaware. |
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