Portrait of Perkins by Thomas Edwards (printed by Pendleton's Lithography), 1826
Born
(1766-07-09)July 9, 1766
Newburyport, Massachusetts
Died
July 30, 1849(1849-07-30) (aged 83)
London, England
Nationality
American
Occupation(s)
Inventor, mechanical engineer, physicist
Jacob Perkins (July 9, 1766 – July 30, 1849) was an American inventor, mechanical engineer and physicist based in the United Kingdom. Born in Newburyport, Massachusetts, Perkins was apprenticed to a goldsmith. He soon made himself known with a variety of useful mechanical inventions[1] and eventually had twenty-one American and nineteen English patents.Sometimes known as the father of the refrigerator.[2] He was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1813 and a member of the American Philosophical Society in 1819.[3][4]
^Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Perkins, Jacob" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 21 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 173.
^History of refrigeration
^"Book of Members, 1780–2010: Chapter P" (PDF). American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved August 7, 2014.
^"APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved April 5, 2021.
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