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    (illuminating gas) engine that Jean Joseph Etienne Lenoir had built in Paris. The brothers built a copy of the Lenoir engine and applied for a patent in January...
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  • chronometers enabling navigators to determine a ship's longitudinal position. Étienne Lenoir, engineer and inventor R. G. LeTourneau, prolific inventor of earthmoving...
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