Late great engineers

Fulton's Nautilus submarine. 1)Travelling on surface: 2)Submerged. Fulton demonstrated the vessel on the Seine in May 1801.

Late great engineers: Robert Fulton - renaissance man of engineering

But for a tragic accident British engineer Percy Pilcher could have become the first pilot of a powered aeroplane

Late great engineers: Percy Pilcher - unsung hero of early aviation

Elijah McCoy - 1844 - 1929

Late great engineers: Elijah McCoy - the name of engineering excellence

Alexander Graham Bell (March 3, 1847 – August 2, 1922) was an eminent scientist, inventor, engineer and innovator who is credited with inventing the first practical telephone.

Late great engineers: Alexander Graham Bell - founding father of audio communications

The famous arrows of Citroen's logo were inspired by the double herringbone-shaped Polish metal gear system, which André Citroën discovered during a visit to his family in Poland

Late great engineers: André Citroën - French automaker supreme

FRITCHLE ELECTRIC CAR ADVERT 1908. Designed by American chemist and entrepreneur Oliver P. Fritchle. The IOO mile refers to his epic 1908 Lincoln to New York endurance run in which he covered 2,900 km (1,800 miles)

Late great engineers: Oliver Fritchle - EV pioneer

A drawing of two Bessemer Convertors in action

October 1856: Beating Bessemer - Forgotten engineer J. G. Martien

For the purposes of the Royal Institution demonstration Logie Baird used the head of a ventriloquist's doll

Late great engineers: John Logie Baird- the founding father of television

Louis Bleriot standing in the driving cab of the 'Bleriot IX' airplane which he constructed himself

Late great engineers: Louis Blériot - aviation pioneer  

Photo of Robert Bosch in 1925

Late great engineers: Robert Bosch - automotive pioneer and social innovator

Engraved portrait of Thomas Telford published on front cover of: Atlas to the Life of Thomas Telford - Civil Engineer in 1838

Late great engineers: Thomas Telford - the ‘Colossus of Roads’

Sir Henry Royce (1863-1933)

Late Great Engineers: Henry Royce