biography
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Brown, Joseph (Rogers)
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| male
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| lived:
| (1810–76)
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| biography:
| Inventor, engineer, and manufacturer, born in Warren, Rhode Island, USA. He became a machinist (1827) and set up a shop (1831) to manufacture tools. In 1858 he began the manufacture of sewing machines, forming a company in 1866. He invented milling and grinding machines, and cutters, and he simplified the Vernier caliper (1852). |
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