biography
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Worthington, Henry (Rossiter)
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| male
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| lived:
| (1817–80)
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| biography:
| Hydraulic engineer and inventor, born in New York City, New York, USA. He trained as a hydraulic engineer. Among his early inventions was a feeding pump for steam boilers, and he later designed a direct steam pump that was widely used in water supply systems and for pumping oil through pipelines. He was a founder of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. |
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