George Henry Corliss (June 2, 1817 – February 21, 1888) was an American mechanical engineer and inventor, who developed the Corliss steam engine, which...
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invented by and named after the US engineer George Henry Corliss of Providence, Rhode Island. Corliss assumed the original invention from Frederick...
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George Corliss may refer to: George Henry Corliss (1817–1888), American mechanical engineer and inventor George W. Corliss (1834–1903), American soldier...
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historian and Civil War veteran George Henry Corliss (1817–1888), inventor of the Corliss steam engine George W. Corliss (1834–1903), American Civil War recipient...
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George Henry Corliss High School (commonly known as Corliss High School) is a public 4–year high school located in the Pullman neighborhood on the far...
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major improvement to the steam engine was the Corliss engine. Named after its inventor, George Henry Corliss, this stationary steam engine was introduced...
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Jacob Bausch Andrew Carnegie Gardner Colby Samuel Colt Jay Cooke George Henry Corliss William Wesley Cornell Erastus Corning John Crerar (industrialist)...
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Line opens with tumultuous acclaim 1849 (1849): George Henry Corliss develops and markets the Corliss-type steam engine, a four-valve counterflow engine...
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patented automatic cut-off valve for steam engines George Henry Corliss, inventor of the Corliss steam engine, which revolutionized industry by making steam-power...
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Valve gear (section Corliss valve gear)
See Corliss steam engine Large stationary engines often used an advanced form of valve gear developed by George Henry Corliss, usually called Corliss valve...
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invented by and named for an American Engineer, George Henry Corliss, in 1849. Engines fitted with Corliss valve gear offered the best thermal efficiency...
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speed of light in air March 10 – George Henry Corliss is granted a United States patent for the rotary valve Corliss steam engine. April 10 – Walter Hunt...
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near present-day Springfield, Massachusetts. His mother's uncle, George Henry Corliss, built the Centennial Engine that powered the 1876 Centennial Exposition...
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reptresentative and lawyer Henry T. Clarke, Sr. - Nebraska territorial legislator George Henry Corliss - Inventor of the Corliss steam engine; grew up in...
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and attended churches supported by the companies. In the 1840s George Henry Corliss of Providence, Rhode Island improved the reliability of stationary...
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waterproof concrete and construction grade glass bricks. George Henry Corliss, inventor of the Corliss steam engine Helen Metcalf Danforth (1887–1984) university...
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only confidant in Art matters & I am his." Rhode Island engineer George Henry Corliss commissioned a painting from Bannister in 1886, as his reputation...
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original on December 31, 2019. Retrieved January 5, 2020. "NIHF Inductee George Corliss Made Improvements in Steam Engines". www.invent.org. April 6, 2024....
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house was built between 1875 and 1882 by George Henry Corliss, inventor of the Corliss Steam Engine. Corliss' second wife, Emily Shaw, suffered from an...
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University Hall (1770), Nightingale–Brown House (1792), Gardner House (1806), Corliss–Brackett House (1887), and the Ladd Observatory (1891). The East Campus...
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(1875) Mary Mapes Dodge (1876) Axel Key (1878) Hector Malot (1878) George Henry Corliss (1879) Jacques-Arsène d'Arsonval (1882) Victor André Cornil 1886...
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Clark Cambridge, Massachusetts Improved refracting telescopes 1869 George Henry Corliss Providence, Rhode Island For improving the steam engine 1871 Joseph...
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Corliss steam engine built in France in 1859. American inventor George Henry Corliss patented the design in 1849 and became president of The Corliss Steam...
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flywheel and rope races of a Hick Hargreaves and Co. 120hp non-condensing Corliss engine, Caroline installed new at Gurteen's textile manufactorary, Haverhill...
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Richard III (1995 film) (category Cultural depictions of Henry VII of England)
Prince of Wales Edward Jewesbury as King Henry VI Denis Lill as Lord Mayor of London Ryan Gilmore as George Stanley Stacey Kent as Singer at the celebratory...
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name to Lamont, Corliss, and Company. He was partners with his brother-in-law, Corliss. His banking caught the attention of banker Henry P. Davison, who...
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USS Adhara (redirect from SS G. H. Corliss)
name. Adhara was laid down 16 September 1942 as liberty ship SS G. H. Corliss under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 425, by Permanente...
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I Met My Love Again (category Films directed by George Cukor)
George Cukor. The screenplay was written by David Hertz, based on the novel Summer Lightning by Allene Corliss. The film stars Joan Bennett and Henry...
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(1960) as Corporal (uncredited) The Aldrich Family (1952-1953) as Henry Aldrich Meet Corliss Archer (1951 & 1954–1955) as Dexter Franklin I Love Lucy (1952)...
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1936–1941 Whittaker Chambers, writer, senior editor 1939–1948 Richard Corliss, film critic since 1980 Brad Darrach, film critic Nigel Dennis, drama critic...
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