Henry Dircks, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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English engineer
Date of Birth: 26-Aug-1806
Place of Birth: Liverpool, England, United Kingdom
Date of Death: 17-Sep-1873
Profession: engineer
Zodiac Sign: Virgo 
About Henry Dircks
- Henry Dircks FRSE FCS (26 August 1806 – 17 September 1873) was an English engineer who is considered to have been the main designer of the projection technique known as Pepper's ghost in 1858.
- It is named after John Henry Pepper who implemented a working version of the device in 1862.
- Dircks also investigated attempts at the invention of a perpetual motion device, writing that those who sought to create such a thing were "half-learned" or "totally ignorant".
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