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Born December 8, 1765 • Massachusetts
Died January 8, 1825 (aged 59) • New Haven • Connecticut
Awards And Honors Hall of Fame (1900)

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American engineer
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Cyrus McCormick
American industrialist and inventor
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American inventor
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John Augustus Roebling
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William P. Lear
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Elmer Ambrose Sperry
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Samuel Colt, c. 1855.
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Elisha Otis, American inventor of the safety elevator, shown in an engraving.
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Clarence Birdseye
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