Simon Ingersoll

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Simon Ingersoll (March 3, 1818 – July 24, 1894) founded the Ingersoll Rock Drill Company in 1871. In 1905 Ingersoll-Sargeant Drill Company merged with the Rand Drill Company to form Ingersoll-Rand. Unfortunately, Simon Ingersoll never found a way to make a fortune from his rock drill and died nearly penniless.

External links

Bio at National Inventors Hall of Fame

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Name	Ingersoll, Simon
Alternative names
Short description	American inventor
Date of birth	March 3, 1818
Place of birth	Stanwich,Connecticut
Date of death	July 24, 1894
Place of death

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