Amos Whitney
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Amos Whitney
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Amos Whitney was a mechanical engineer and inventor who co-founded the Pratt & Whitney company. He was a member of the prominent Whitney family. He was born in Biddeford, Maine, to Aaron and Rebecca (Perkins) Whitney and educated at the common schools in Saccarappa, Maine, and Exeter, New Hampshire. He moved at the age of 14 with his parents to Lawrence, Massachusetts, and apprenticed at the Essex Machine Company. In 1852, he moved to Hartford, Connecticut, and worked at the Colt Armory. At Colt
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American mechanical engineer and businessman
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amos_Whitney
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2024-02-02T11:54:59Z
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