Английская Википедия:Hiram Bond Everest
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:More citations needed Шаблон:Use mdy dates Шаблон:Infobox person Hiram Bond Everest (April 11, 1830 – March 5, 1913) was an American businessman, investor, inventor and farmer.
Biography
Hiram Bond Everest was born in Pike, New York on April 11, 1830.[1] He moved to Wisconsin around age 18 to work as a teacher of science until 1853, when he moved to Rochester, New York. There he established a grocery business.
He married Mercy Eleanor Everest on January 1, 1852, and they had four children.[1]
Later, with a business partner Matthew Ewing, the Vacuum Oil Company was incorporated in 1866, after obtaining a patent for a new method of distilling kerosene in a vacuum that produced a high-quality lubricant byproduct.[2] It had been the company's intention to produce kerosene but they found a greater competitive advantage for their lubricants. Everest and the Vacuum Oil Company patented several inventions. Everest subsequently leased Шаблон:Convert for the company in Oatka Valley, New York and was reputed to be a multi-millionaire. Everest died at age 82 in Los Angeles, California.[3]
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- Шаблон:Find a Grave
- "Hiram B. Everest and The Petroleum Industry", Historical Wyoming, July 1949, pp. 98-102
- ↑ 1,0 1,1 Шаблон:Cite book
- ↑ Our history (text version) at www.exxonmobil.com
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite news
