biography
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Bissell, Melville (Reuben)
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| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1843–89)
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| biography:
| Inventor, born in Hartwick, New York, USA. After first working in his father's grocery store, he opened a crockery business at Grand Rapids. He amassed a fortune through industry and real estate, and went on to develop and successfully market the carpet sweeper (1876) on a worldwide scale. |
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