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Georg Franz August Graf von BuquoyCzech pronunciation (Czech: Jiří František August Buqouy; 7 September 1781 in Brussels – 9 or 19 April 1851 in Prague) was a Bohemianaristocrat, mathematician, and inventor. He studied mathematics, natural science, philosophy, and economics at the Prague and Vienna universities. In 1810 he constructed an early steam engine. Most of all, he was engaged in the glass works in Nové Hrady region. On the basis of many experiments he succeeded in inventing an original process technology of a black opaque glass called hyalite (1817), as well as completing the production process for red hyalite (1819).
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