Joseph Whitworth
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title:
Joseph Whitworth
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Sir Joseph Whitworth, 1st Baronet was an English engineer, entrepreneur, inventor and philanthropist. In 1841, he devised the British Standard Whitworth system, which created an accepted standard for screw threads. Whitworth also created the Whitworth rifle, often called the "sharpshooter" because of its accuracy, which is considered one of the earliest examples of a sniper rifle, used by some Confederate forces during the American Civil war. Whitworth was created a baronet by Queen Victoria in
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English engineer, entrepreneur, inventor and philanthropist
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Whitworth
date created:
2002-09-18T09:00:39Z
date modified:
2024-09-10T21:42:49Z
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