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Elias Howe Jr. was born on July 9, 1819, to Dr. Elias Howe Sr (1792–1867) and Polly (Bemis) Howe (1791–1871) in Spencer, Massachusetts. Howe spent his childhood and early adult years in Massachusetts, where he apprenticed in a textile factory in Lowell beginning in 1835. After mill closings due to the Panic of 1837, he moved to Cambridge ...
Gersh Budker (1918–1977), Russia – electron cooling, co-inventor of collider. Edward Bull (1759–1798), England – Bull engine (a modified steam engine) Robert Bunsen (1811–1899), Germany – Bunsen burner. Henry Burden (1791–1871), Scotland and U.S. – Horseshoe machine, first usable iron railroad spike.
Isaac Singer. Isaac Merritt Singer (October 27, 1811 – July 23, 1875) was an American inventor, actor, and businessman. He made important improvements in the design of the sewing machine [ 1] and was the founder of what became one of the first American multi-national businesses, the Singer Sewing Machine Company. [ 2]
Tyler Howe was born on August 11, 1800, [1] [2] to Elijah and Frances ( née Bemis) [3] [4] [a] Howe in Spencer, Massachusetts. [1] He was the fifth of 10 children, [b] and the fifth-eldest son. His father was a farmer who spent many hours improving his own farm equipment. [1] Tyler was born in their family's one-room farmhouse, [2] known as ...
John Ireland Howe. Doctor John Ireland Howe (July 20, 1793 – September 10, 1876) was an inventor and manufacturer. He was born in Ridgefield, Connecticut. He began the study of medicine in 1812, he then worked as a resident physician at the New York Almshouse. [1]
Frederick Webster Howe (28 August 1822 – 25 April 1891) was an American machine tool innovator and inventor. He was described as 'the Henry Maudslay of America' in recognition of his innovations. [ 1 ]
Robert Fulton (November 14, 1765 – February 24, 1815) was an American engineer and inventor who is widely credited with developing the world's first commercially successful steamboat, the North River Steamboat (also known as Clermont ). In 1807, that steamboat traveled on the Hudson River with passengers from New York City to Albany and back ...
Rumford Medal (1842) William Henry Fox Talbot FRS FRSE FRAS ( / ˈtɔːlbət /; 11 February 1800 – 17 September 1877) was an English scientist, inventor, and photography pioneer who invented the salted paper and calotype processes, precursors to photographic processes of the later 19th and 20th centuries.