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British veterinarian
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1 January 1894 (aged 63 years)
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John Gamgee (1831–1894) was a British veterinarian and inventor.
Gamgee was born in Florence, the son of a Scottish veterinarian. He was educated at a number of institutions across Italy, Germany and Switzerland before graduating from the Royal Veterinary College in London.
He was the developer of the Glaciarium, the world's first mechanically frozen ice rink.
He later became involved promoting refrigeration technology. He developed what was purported to be a perpetual motion machine known as the Zeromoter. The zerometer was intened to use ammonia within a refrigeration system to power ships. The technology gained the support of US President James Garfield, before being debunked.
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