Definition of John Augustus Roebling

1. Noun. United States engineer (born in Germany) who designed and began construction of the Brooklyn bridge (1806-1869).

Exact synonyms: John Roebling, Roebling
Generic synonyms: Applied Scientist, Engineer, Technologist

Lexicographical Neighbors of John Augustus Roebling

Johannine
Johannisberger
Johannisbergers
Johannison block
Johansson
Johansson block
Johansson blocks
Johansson gauge
John's cabbage
John-a-dreams
John Adams
John Addington Symonds
John Amos Comenius
John Anthony Ciardi
John Augustus Roebling (current term)
John Bach McMaster
John Bardeen
John Barleycorn
John Barrington Wain
John Barrymore
John Barth
John Bartlett
John Bernoulli
John Berry Hobbs
John Birks Gillespie
John Broadus Watson
John Brown
John Bull
John Bunyan

Literary usage of John Augustus Roebling

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Harper's Encyclopædia of United States History from 458 A.D. to 1902: Based by Benson John Lossing, John Fiske, Woodrow Wilson (1901)
"Roebling, WASHINGTON AUGUSTUS, engineer; born in Saxenburg, Pa., May 26, 1837; son of John Augustus Roebling; graduated at ..."

2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"ROEBLING, reb'ling, John Augustus, ROEBLING, Washington Augustus, American civil engineer: b. Saxonburg, Pa., 26 May 1837. He was graduated at the Rens- ..."

3. Harper's Encyclopædia of United States History from 458 A.D. to 1906 by Benson John Lossing, Woodrow Wilson (1906)
"Roebling, WASHINGTON AUGUSTUS, engineer; born in Saxenburg, Pa., May 26, 1837; son of John Augustus Roebling; graduated at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute ..."

4. The Historical Register ... Illustrated with Portrait Plates by Edwin Charles Hill (1922)
"Charles Gustavus Roebling HARLES GUSTAVUS ROEBLING was born in Trenton, New Jersey, December 9th, 1849; son of John Augustus Roebling, who achieved national ..."

5. Scannell's New Jersey's First Citizens and State Guide ...: Genealogies and by William Edgar Sackett, John James Scannell, Mary Eleanor Watson (1919)
"... on May 26th, 1837; son of John Augustus Roebling and Johanna (Hertling) Roebling; married, January 18th, 1865, to Emily, daughter of Sylvanus Warren; ..."

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