James Brown Herreshoff | |
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Born |
Bristol, Rhode Island | March 18, 1834
Died | December 5, 1930
Riverdale, New York | (aged 96)
Education | Brown University |
Occupation(s) | Inventor, chemist |
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James Brown F. Herreshoff (1834–1930) was an American inventor and chemist with a number of American patents [1] [2] related to chemicals and filed in the 1900s and 1910s: a coil-stream boiler, keels used on racing yachts, sliding seats on rowboats, mercurial anti-fouling paint, an apparatus for measuring heat of gases. [3] [4]
James Brown Herreshoff was born in Bristol, Rhode Island on March 18, 1834, into a notable American family of chemists, boat designers and inventors. [3] [5] [1] He graduated from Brown University.
He died in Riverdale, New York on December 5, 1930. [3]
Herreshoff was the father of Charlies Frederick Herreshoff II (1876–1954), yacht designer, automotive designer, and automotive manufacturer. By way of his mother, Julia Ann Lewis (maiden; 1811–1901), he was a grand nephew of Captain Winslow Lewis (1770–1850), sea captain, engineer, inventor, and contractor active in the construction of many American lighthouses during the first half of the nineteenth century.
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James Brown Herreshoff | |
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Born |
Bristol, Rhode Island | March 18, 1834
Died | December 5, 1930
Riverdale, New York | (aged 96)
Education | Brown University |
Occupation(s) | Inventor, chemist |
Signature | |
James Brown F. Herreshoff (1834–1930) was an American inventor and chemist with a number of American patents [1] [2] related to chemicals and filed in the 1900s and 1910s: a coil-stream boiler, keels used on racing yachts, sliding seats on rowboats, mercurial anti-fouling paint, an apparatus for measuring heat of gases. [3] [4]
James Brown Herreshoff was born in Bristol, Rhode Island on March 18, 1834, into a notable American family of chemists, boat designers and inventors. [3] [5] [1] He graduated from Brown University.
He died in Riverdale, New York on December 5, 1930. [3]
Herreshoff was the father of Charlies Frederick Herreshoff II (1876–1954), yacht designer, automotive designer, and automotive manufacturer. By way of his mother, Julia Ann Lewis (maiden; 1811–1901), he was a grand nephew of Captain Winslow Lewis (1770–1850), sea captain, engineer, inventor, and contractor active in the construction of many American lighthouses during the first half of the nineteenth century.
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