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Definition of John Augustus Roebling
1. Noun. United States engineer (born in Germany) who designed and began construction of the Brooklyn bridge (1806-1869).
Lexicographical Neighbors of John Augustus Roebling
Literary usage of John Augustus Roebling
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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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