William Austin Burt
Politician, Inventor
1792 – 1858
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Who was William Austin Burt?
William Austin Burt was an American inventor, legislator, surveyor, and millwright. He was the inventor, maker and patentee of the first typewriter constructed in America. He is referred to as the "father of the typewriter." Burt also invented the first workable solar compass, a solar use surveying instrument, and the equatorial sextant, a precision navigational aid to determine with one observation the location of a ship at sea.
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- Born
- Jun 13, 1792
Worcester - Spouses
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Lived in
- Michigan
- Worcester
- Died
- Aug 18, 1858
- Resting place
- Elmwood Cemetery
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on July 23, 2013
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