Alois NegrelliAlois Negrelli - Ritter von Moldelbe (January 23, 1799 - October 1, 1858) was an engineer and railroad pioneer in Austria, Italy and Switzerland.He was born in Southern Tirol. He built the first Swiss railroad and was the creator of the plans for the Suez Canal, which was later built by Ferdinand de Lesseps. He died in Vienna.
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"Your Highness, I have no need of this hypothesis." - Pierre Laplace (1749-1827), to Napoleon on why his works on celestial mechanics make no mention of God. |
