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Andrew Vivian (1759–1842) was a British mechanical engineer inventor and mine captain of the Dolcoath mine in Cornwall England.In partnership with his cousin Richard Trevithick the inventor of the high pressure steam engine and the entrepreneur Davis Giddy Vivian financed the production of the first steam carriage and was granted a joint patent for high pressure engines for stationary and locomotive use in March 1802.

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birth date
1759-01-01T00:00:00+02:00
death date
1842-01-01T00:00:00+02:00
depiction description (caption)
Andrew Vivian in his eighty-second year
discipline
Mechanical engineering

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