Roots Blower Company
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roots-blower-company-163-14666394
title:
Roots Blower Company
text:
The Roots Blower Company was an American engineering company based in Connersville, Indiana. It was founded in 1854 by the inventors Philander Higley Roots and Francis Marion Roots. It is notable for the Roots blower, a type of pump. Today, Roots blowers are mainly used as air pumps in superchargers for internal combustion engines; they were first used in blast furnaces to blow combustion air to melt iron.
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encyclopedia
description:
Defunct American engineering company
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roots_Blower_Company
date created:
2012-04-01T17:32:55Z
date modified:
2024-08-28T14:00:15Z
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