Henry Rossiter Worthington
American mechanical engineer
Died when: 63 years 0 days (756 months)Star Sign: Sagittarius
Henry Rossiter Worthington (December 17, 1817 – December 17, 1880) was an American mechanical engineer, inventor, industrialist and founder of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers in 1880.
Worthington had several inventions leading to the perfection of the (1845–55), patented the (1859), and built the first , widely adopted and used for more than 75 years.
He established a pump manufacturing plant, New York City, in 1859.
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