Birdsill Holly Jr. (November 8, 1820 – April 27, 1894) was an American mechanical engineer and inventor of water hydraulics devices. He is known for inventing mechanical devices that improved city water systems and patented an improved fire hydrant that is similar to those used currently for firefighting. Holly was a co-inventor of the Silsby steam fire engine. He founded the Holly Manufacturing Company that developed into the larger Holly Steam Combination Company that distributed heat from a central station and developed commercial district heating for cities in the United States and Canada.
BirdsillHolly Jr. (November 8, 1820 – April 27, 1894) was an American mechanical engineer and inventor of water hydraulics devices. He is known for inventing...
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although is not able to alert pedestrians and non-RDS radio users. BirdsillHolly "Definition of FIRE APPARATUS". www.merriam-webster.com. Retrieved 2023-05-27...
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launched in Lockport, New York, in 1877 by American hydraulic engineer BirdsillHolly, considered the founder of modern district heating. Generally, all modern...
punched cards. His company was eventually merged into others to form IBM. BirdsillHolly Mark Hopkins, Jr. the Houghton family of the Corning Glass Works Elbert...
worked in ship carpentry, on canal boats. He then took work under BirdsillHolly at Holly Manufacturing Company where he learned pattern-making. In 1862...