Gustaf de Laval was a Swedish engineer and inventor, best known for his contributions to the dairy industry and the development of centrifugal separation technology. He was born on April 9, 1845, and he made significant advancements in the design of cream separators, which allowed for the efficient separation of cream from milk. One of his notable inventions is the centrifugal separator, a device that uses centrifugal force to separate substances of different densities.
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