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Shearer, David (1850 - 1936)

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Inventor and Agricultural machinery maker

Born: 7 November 1850 Orkney Islands, Scotland. Died: 15 October 1936 Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.

David Shearer, with his brother John, set up as farm implement makers in Mannum, South Australia in 1877. They took out a number of patents and the business expanded. He is credited with inventing the first steam automobile in Australia and differential gears.

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Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Technology in Australia 1788-1988, Online edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 3 May 2000, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/tia/scripts/tia-dynindex.php3?EID=P002042. [ Details ]

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Prepared by: McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993
Modified: 7 August 2006

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