Frank Shuman

American inventor, engineer and solar energy pioneer (1862-1918) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Frank Shuman (/ˈʃmən/; January 23, 1862 – April 28, 1918) was an American inventor, engineer and solar energy pioneer known for his work on solar engines, especially those that used solar energy to heat water that would produce steam.

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Frank Shuman in 1907
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Shuman sunengine on the March 1916 cover of Hugo Gernsback's The Electrical Experimenter
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Shuman sunengine 1907 Photo: Technical World magazine, September 1907