Johann Nepomuk Maelzel

Johann Nepomuk Maelzel was a German inventor, engineer, and showman, best known for reverse engineering the metronome that Dietrich Nikolaus Winkel invented and mass producing it. As for several music-playing automatons as well as displaying the Mechanical Turk chess machine.

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Who was born first?

• Johann Nepomuk Maelzel and Sir William Congreve, 2nd Baronet were born the same year
• Johann Nepomuk Maelzel was born 1 year after Alois Senefelder
• Johann Nepomuk Maelzel was born 1 year before George Cayley
• Johann Nepomuk Maelzel was born 1 year after Thomas Wedgwood
• Johann Nepomuk Maelzel was born 1 year after Henry Maudslay

Timeline

1. Alois SenefelderNovember 6, 1771 – February 26, 1834
2. Henry MaudslayAugust 22, 1771 – February 14, 1831
3. Thomas WedgwoodMay 14, 1771 – July 10, 1805
4. Johann Nepomuk Maelzel (this page)August 15, 1772 – July 21, 1838
5. Sir William Congreve, 2nd BaronetMay 20, 1772 – May 16, 1828
6. George CayleyDecember 27, 1773 – December 15, 1857

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