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Timken, Henry

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Timken, Henry (1831–1909)

US inventor of German origin. Most of his patents were for carriage improvements, including the ‘Timken spring’ that made his fortune. He also invented and gave his name to a tapered roller bearing. Born in Bremen, Germany, Timken came to America as a child and, disliking life on a Missouri farm, learned the wagonmaker's trade. By 1855 he had established his own carriage-making business in St Louis. He continued in the carriage business until 1897, when he retired to California.



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