1743 - 1792
James Rumsey American Inventor
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| First Name |
James
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| Last Name |
Rumsey
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| Birthday |
30th November, 1742
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| Died |
21st December, 1792
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| Place of Death |
London
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| Nationality |
American
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| Occupation Text |
Engineer
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| Occupation |
Inventor
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James Rumsey (1743 – December 21, 1792) was an American mechanical engineer chiefly known for exhibiting a boat propelled by machinery in 1787 on the Potomac River at Shepherdstown in present-day West Virginia before a crowd of local notables, including Horatio Gates. A pump driven by steam power ejected a stream of water from the stern of the boat and thereby propelled the boat forward.
