Jan van der Heyden (March 5, 1637, Gorinchem - March 28, 1712, Amsterdam) was a Dutch Baroque-era painter, draughtsman, printmaker, and inventor who significantly contributed to contemporary firefighting. He improved the firehose (1672, with his brother Nicolaes, who was a hydraulic engineer), invented by Johann Hautsch, modified the manual fire engines, … Wikipedia
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