Howard R. Hughes Sr.
American businessman (1869-1924) · United States · Founders · Died at 54
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Something wrong?Howard Robard Hughes Sr. was an American businessman and inventor who founded the Hughes Tool Company. He invented the "Sharp-Hughes" two-cone rotary drill bit during the Texas Oil Boom. Hughes was the father and namesake of Howard Hughes, the American business tycoon and founder of Hughes Aircraft.
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The Fishtail Bit. The drilling technology prior to the patent by Hughes.
Hughes rotary bi-cone bit.
An advertisement for the Hughes patented technology.
Howard Hughes Sr.'s patent for an oilfield drill bit (1908)
The manufacturing operations of Hughes' Sharp-Hughes Tool Company at 2nd and Girard Streets in Houston, Texas.![Hughes House[20]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Howard_Hughes_House.jpg/1280px-Howard_Hughes_House.jpg)
Hughes House[20]
The Hughes family gravesite at Glenwood Cemetery in Houston.Family
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