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John Fitch (January 21, 1743 – July 2, 1798) was an American inventor, clockmaker, entrepreneur, and engineer. He was most famous for operating the first steamboat service in the United States. The first boat, 45 feet long, was tested on the Delaware River by Fitch and his design assistant Steven Pagano.
Fitch was a visiting professor the University of Utah for a year, then lectured at the University of Leeds for 18 months, before becoming professor and then chair of software engineering at the University of Bath, [12] which his biography claims is "a subject about which he knows little"; his 31-year career there lasted April 1980 – September ...
John Fitch (inventor) (1743–1798), early American inventor, built the first steamboat in the United States in 1786 John Fitch, Massachusetts settler for whom Fitchburg, Massachusetts is named John Fitch (racing driver) (1917–2012), racing driver, inventor of innovative safety devices and descendant of John Fitch (inventor)
John Boyd Dunlop: 1840 Pneumatic tire [280] 2006 John H. Thomas: 1907 Fiberglass [281] 2006 John Harvey Kellogg: 1852 Breakfast cereal [282] 2006 John Landis Mason: 1832 Mason jar [283] 2006 John Wesley Hyatt: 1837 Celluloid [284] 2006 John Fitch: 1743 Steamboat [285] 2006 John Stevens: 1749 Steam-powered transportation [286] 2006 Joseph ...
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A Fitch barrier consists of sand-filled plastic barrels, usually yellow-colored with a black lid. The "Fitch Highway Barrier System" was invented by race car driver John Fitch after the 1955 24 Hours of Le Mans race when his co-driver, Pierre Levegh rear-ended Austin-Healey driver Lance Macklin at high speed, launching his car through the air ...