biography
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| lived:
| (1779–1831)
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| biography:
| Inventor, born in Newbury, Massachusetts, USA. The son of a Revolutionary War officer, he went to work in a woollen mill at age 12 and soon became an expert mechanic. Beginning in 1814, he built and repaired mill machinery in partnership with Francis C Lowell, and designed a series of mechanical improvements that sped the development of the New England textile industry. He was a champion of the temperance movement in Massachusetts. |
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