PERKINS, JACOB


Meaning of PERKINS, JACOB in English

born July 9, 1766, Newburyport, Mass., U.S.

died July 30, 1849, London, Eng.

U.S. inventor.

He built a machine to cut and head nail s in one operation 0441; 1790. He developed a method of engraving paper money that made counterfeiting difficult; lack of interest in the U.S. led him to set up a bank-note factory in England (1819). He experimented with high-pressure steam boiler s, built a horizontal steam engine (1827), designed an improved paddle wheel (1829), and invented a means for the free circulation of water in boilers (1831) that led to the design of modern water-tube boilers.

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