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US Patent: 39,562
Improvement in shaft-bearings
Patentee:
James B. Francis (exact or similar names) - Lowell, MA

USPTO Classifications:
384/129

Tool Categories:
propulsion and energy : water power : water wheels : turbine water wheels
industrial machines : industrial machine mechanisms : industrial machine bearings

Assignees:
None

Manufacturer:
Not known to have been produced

Witnesses:
P. E. Teschemacher
N. W. Stearns

Patent Dates:
Granted: Aug. 18, 1863

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Wikipedia biography of James B. Francis
Description:
This invention is a liquid-mercury bearing for the vertical water-wheel shaft. The inventor is best remembered as the inventor of the very important Francis turbine water-wheel, which to this day is the dominant type of water-wheel. Francis did not patent his water wheel, which was developed using experiments and rigorous mathematical analysis.

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