Inventor, engineer, and manufacturer, born in Warren, Rhode Island, USA. He became a machinist (1827) and set up a shop (1831) to manufacture tools. In 1858 he began the manufacture of sewing machines, forming a company in 1866. He invented milling and grinding machines, and cutters, and he simplified the Vernier caliper (1852).
Joseph Brown may refer to:
Joseph Brown (artist) (born 1918), Australian artist and collector Joseph Brown (Australian politician) Joseph Brown (general) Joseph Brown (Missouri politician) Joseph Brown (professor) Joseph Brown (shipbuilder) Joseph "Joe" Brown (Georgia politician) (1821-1894) Joseph Evans Brown (comedian, 1892–1973) Joseph F. Brown, Texas state representative, 1874–1876, 1893–1897 Joseph O. Brown (1848–1903, Mayor of Pittsburgh from 1901 to 1903) James Joseph Brown ("J.J", 1854-1922) Joseph Brown was also an alias used by Jewish mobster Samuel Levine. If an article link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article.
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