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Jacob Perkins

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American scientist (1766-1849)

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Jacob Perkins was an American inventor, mechanical engineer and physicist based in the United Kingdom. Born in Newburyport, Massachusetts, Perkins was apprenticed to a goldsmith.

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The Perkins D Cylinder Printing PressThe Perkins D Cylinder Printing PressPortrait of Perkins, American Magazine of Useful and Entertaining Knowledge 1835Portrait of Perkins, American Magazine of Useful and Entertaining Knowledge 1835

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Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

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Jacob Perkins was an American inventor, mechanical engineer and physicist based in the United Kingdom. Born in Newburyport, Massachusetts, Perkins was apprenticed to a goldsmith. He soon made himself known with a variety of useful mechanical inventions and eventually had twenty-one American and nineteen English patents. He is sometimes known as the father of the refrigerator. He was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1813 and a member of the American Philosophical Society in 1819.

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United States
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Scientists
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Scientist
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deceased
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Lived 1766 to 1849 · aged 83
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