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Philip Vaughan

Welsh inventor and ironmaster · Scientists · Lived 1757 to 1824 · aged 67

Philip Vaughan was a Welsh inventor and ironmaster who patented the first design for a ball bearing in 1794. Vaughan's patent described how iron balls could be placed between the wheel and the axle of a carriage. The balls let the carriage wheels rotate freely by reducing friction.

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