Thaddeus Fairbanks
Inventor
Died when: 90 years 85 days (1082 months)Star Sign: Capricorn
Thaddeus Fairbanks (January 17, 1796 – April 12, 1886) was an American businessman, mechanic, and engineer.He invented furnaces, cooking stoves, cast iron steel plows, and other metal items related to farming.
He invented and manufactured the first platform scale, the Fairbanks scale, that allowed the accurate weighing of large objects.His scales revolutionized farming and manufacturing and were sold worldwide, and he received numerous honors and awards for his development of the technology.
Fairbanks was also a philanthropist, and was a co-founder of the St.Johnsbury Academy.
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