Gustaf Patrik de Laval (May 9 1845 - February 2 1913) was a Swedish engineer and inventor who made important contributions to the design of steam turbines and dairy machinery. Gustaf de Laval was born at Orsa in Dalarna. He enrolled at the Institute of Technology in Stockholm (later the Royal Institute of Technology) in 1863, receiving a degree in mechanical engineering in 1866, after which he matriculated at Uppsala University in 1867, … Wikipedia
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