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1038:(1964–1965)
1030:(1963–1964)
1022:(1962–1963)
1014:(1961–1962)
1006:(1960–1961)
987:(1959–1960)
979:(1958–1959)
971:(1957–1958)
963:(1956–1957)
955:(1955–1956)
947:(1954–1955)
939:(1953–1954)
931:(1952–1953)
923:(1951–1952)
915:(1950–1951)
907:(1949–1950)
899:(1948–1949)
891:(1947–1948)
883:(1946–1947)
875:(1945–1946)
867:(1944–1945)
859:(1943–1944)
851:(1942–1943)
843:(1941–1942)
835:(1940–1941)
816:(1939–1940)
808:(1938–1939)
800:(1937–1938)
792:(1936–1937)
784:(1935–1936)
776:(1934–1935)
768:(1933–1934)
760:(1932–1933)
752:(1931–1932)
744:(1930–1931)
736:(1929–1930)
728:(1928–1929)
720:(1927–1928)
712:(1926–1927)
704:(1925–1926)
696:(1924–1925)
694:Fred R. Low
688:(1923–1924)
680:(1922–1923)
672:(1921–1922)
664:(1920–1921)
645:(1919–1920)
637:(1918–1919)
629:(1917–1918)
621:(1916–1917)
613:(1915–1916)
605:(1914–1915)
597:(1913–1914)
589:(1912–1913)
581:(1911–1912)
573:(1910–1911)
565:(1909–1910)
557:(1908–1909)
549:(1907–1908)
541:(1906–1907)
533:(1905–1906)
525:(1904–1905)
517:(1903–1904)
509:(1902–1903)
501:(1901–1902)
493:(1900–1901)
474:(1899–1900)
466:(1898–1899)
458:(1897–1898)
450:(1896–1897)
442:(1895–1896)
434:(1894–1895)
426:(1893–1894)
418:(1892–1893)
410:(1891–1892)
402:(1890–1891)
394:(1889–1890)
386:(1888–1889)
378:(1887–1888)
370:(1886–1887)
362:(1885–1886)
354:(1884–1885)
346:(1883–1884)
338:(1880–1882)
1544:Categories
448:John Fritz
384:Horace See
209:References
42:1899-08-15
1338:2000–2019
1167:1980–1999
996:1960–1979
825:1940–1959
774:Paul Doty
654:1920–1939
483:1900–1919
328:1880–1899
143:from the
126:Biography
726:Alex Dow
205:(1978).
169:turbines
155:to form
224:," in:
286:, ASME
228:(1991)
57:Died
36:Born
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