James Oliver (inventor)
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James Oliver (inventor)
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James Oliver was an American inventor and industrialist best known for his creation of the South Bend Iron Works, which was reincorporated as the Oliver Farm Equipment Company after his death. After buying a South Bend, Indiana, foundry with partner Harvey Little in 1855 he began experimenting with improved farm plow designs. Driven by the sales of his popular Oliver Chilled Plow, for which he registered 45 patents during his lifetime, the company grew to become one of the largest in Indiana and
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American inventor and industrialist (1823–1908)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Oliver_(inventor)
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2023-05-28T03:36:41Z
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