biography
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| lived:
| (1729–1809)
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| biography:
| Inventor and public official, born in Staffordshire, C England, UK. Hired by Colonel John Schuyler, he emigrated to New Jersey (1753), bringing engine parts that were later assembled into the first steam engine in America (1755), which was used to pump water from a copper mine. He was a member of the New Jersey legislature (1779–81), the Continental Congress (1785–6), and judge of the Essex County Court (1798–1809). |
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