John Scott Russell was primarily an engineer and naval architect, rather than a mathematician; but his name is well-known to applied mathematicians today through his experimental discovery of the 'solitary wave'.
ATTENTION - Automatic na salin mula sa Tagalog na bersyon John Scott Russell ay una-una ng isang inhinyero at arkitekto ng hukbong-dagat, kaysa sa isang dalub-agbilang; ngunit ang kanyang pangalan ay kilalang-kilalang na-apply na mathematicians ngayon sa pamamagitan ng kanyang experimental pagkatuklas ng 'nag-iisa kaway'.