A prolific inventor started work as a teacher then as a tool-maker before working as a machinist in rubber industry workshops including Goodyear’s. When he started his own company he invented and patented the centre drive lathe. Among 400 patents granted to him in 50 years of inventing were patents for the nickel-metal hydride battery, …
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