joseph rogers brown

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Definition of joseph rogers brown in English English dictionary

born Jan. 26, 1810, Warren, R.I., U.S. died July 23, 1876, Isles of Shoals, N.H. U.S. inventor and manufacturer. He perfected and produced a highly accurate linear dividing engine in 1850, and then developed a vernier caliper and also applied vernier methods to the protractor. With Lucian Sharpe he founded the Brown and Sharpe Manufacturing Co. His micrometre caliper appeared in 1867. He invented a precision gear cutter to produce clock gears, a universal milling machine, and (perhaps his finest innovation) a universal grinding machine, in which articles were hardened first and then ground, thereby increasing accuracy and eliminating waste

Hyphenation

Jo·seph Rog·ers Brown

Turkish pronunciation

cōsıf räcırz braun

Pronunciation

/ˈʤōsəf ˈräʤərz ˈbroun/ /ˈʤoʊsəf ˈrɑːʤɜrz ˈbraʊn/