Charles E. Billings
American mechanical engineer, inventor, superintendent, and businessman, 1834-1920 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Charles Ethan Billings (1834–1920) was an American mechanical engineer, inventor, superintendent, and businessman. He held various U.S. patents on hand tools, either assigned or licensed to the firm that he and Christopher M. Spencer cofounded, the Billings & Spencer Company.[2] His name as patent holder is stamped (as C.E. Billings) on countless forged hand tools, many of which survive. Billings was an expert in drop forging[2] and was an influential leader in the American system of manufacturing and its successor systems of mass production for firearms, sewing machines, hand tools, bicycles, and other goods.[2] He served as president of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers in 1895 and 1896. The Billings & Spencer Company was both a machine tool builder and a manufacturer of hand tools made with its machine tools.
Charles Ethan Billings | |
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Born | (1834-12-05)December 5, 1834[1] |
Died | June 5, 1920(1920-06-05) (aged 85)[1] |
Resting place | Cedar Hill Cemetery |