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He was born on May 4, 1733 in Dax and died on February 10, 1799 in Paris, was a French mathematician, physicist, astronomer and sailor. Member of the Paris Academy of Sciences. His investigations in hydrodynamics were of great use in marine engineering, while other investigations rendered great service to nautical astronomy. He was born...

He was born on February 10, 1452 in and died of the plague on February 16, 1531, was a German mathematician, astronomer and clergyman. Builder of astronomical instruments and professor at the University of Tübingen. He trained at the Blaubeuren monastery school and in 1472, he entered the University of Ingolstadt. After obtaining the degree...

He was born on February 12, 1830 in Rhode Island and died on November 27, 1893, was an American inventor, best known as the co-inventor of the boiler. Scottish-born American Stephen Wilcox began inventing at a young age, eventually turning his attention to steam boilers. He patented the tube boiler in 1856 and eleven years...

Edward John Smith: British merchant seaman He was a British sailor, (01/27/1850 Hanley, England – 04/15/1912 North Atlantic Ocean), famous for being the first and only captain of the RMS Titanic. Captain Edward J. Smith was part of one of the most famous disasters at sea, the sinking of the Titanic in 1912. He was...

Diego García de Moguer: Spanish sailor and discoverer Possibly of Portuguese descent. The date of his birth is dated between 1471 in Lisbon and 1495 in Moguer (Huelva), the latter seems the most probable. There is also no exact data on his death, some sources say that he died in La Gomera in 1535, while...

Jorge Juan & Santacilia (Novelda, January 5, 1713 – Madrid, June 21, 1773). He was an eminent Spanish sailor, naval engineer and scientist. He measured the terrestrial meridian arc during the French Geodetic Mission, proving that the Earth is flattened at the poles. He reformed the Spanish naval model. In 1734 Felipe V, together with...