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Whitney, Amos
| (1832-1928), U.S. mechanical engineer and manufacturer, organized Pratt & Whitney (1860) with Francis Pratt. Employed by W. A. Rogers and G. M. Bond in 1879 to develop the Rogers-Bond comparitor, credited with rescuing mechanical science and industry from inconvenience. He also established policies leading to successful training of apprentices there and eventually became president, retiring in 1901 when the company was acquired by Niles-Bement-Pond Company. He was born Oct. 8, 1832, Biddeford, Maine, and died Aug. 5, 1928, Portland, Maine. |
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