biography
| name: |
Bigelow, Erastus (Brigham)
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pronunciation:
[bigeloh]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1814–79)
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| biography:
| Inventor, born in West Boylston, Massachusetts, USA. He invented looms for various kinds of material, a carpet loom, and a machine for making knotted counterpanes. He was founder of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1861. |
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