Wendell Phillips Norton Sr.
Wendell Phillips Norton Sr. (May 14, 1861 – August 8, 1955) was the inventor of a mechanical gear shift on the Hendy-Norton lathe.[1][2]
Biography
[edit]He was born on May 14, 1861, in Plainville, Connecticut, to John Calvin Norton and Harriet Hotchkiss. He died on August 8, 1955, at his home in Torrington, Connecticut.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Wendell Phillips Norton". New York Times. August 11, 1955. Retrieved May 21, 2011.
Wendell Phillips Norton, Sr. inventor and designer of the mechanical gear shift first used on the Hendy-Norton lathe, died at his home on Monday after a ...
- ^ "Torrington Inventor Is Dead At 94". Hartford Courant. August 10, 1955. Archived from the original on November 6, 2012. Retrieved May 21, 2011.
Wendell Phillips Norton Sr., 94, inventor of machine tool devices famous the world over, died today at his home at 365 Prospect St. after a long illness. ...
- ^ William Jamieson Pape (1918). "Wendell Phillips Norton, Sr". History of Waterbury and the Naugatuck Valley, Connecticut.