John Scott Russell
（重定向自Wave of Translation）
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![The steam carriage, with boiler below the axle and two pistons](/Images/godic/202502/20/Russell's_steam_carriage3743.png")
![Solitary wave in a laboratory wave channel.](/Images/godic/202502/20/Soliton_hydro3743.jpg")
![John Scott Russell (builder), Henry Wakefield (Russell's assistant), Isambard Kingdom Brunel (designer) and Lord Derby at the launching of the Great Eastern.](/Images/godic/202502/20/Isambard_Kingdom_Brunel_preparing_the_launch_of_'The_Great_Eastern_by_Robert_Howlett_crop3743.jpg")
John Scott Russell FRSE FRS (9 May 1808, Parkhead, Glasgow – 8 June 1882, Ventnor, Isle of Wight) was a Scottish civil engineer, naval architect and shipbuilder who built the Great Eastern in collaboration with Isambard Kingdom Brunel. He made the discovery of the wave of translation that gave birth to the modern study of solitons, and developed the wave-line system of ship construction.