Simon Ingersoll - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Simon Ingersoll founded the Ingersoll Rock Drill Company in 1871.
In 1905 Ingersoll-Sargeant Drill Company merged with the Rand Drill Company to form Ingersoll-Rand. Unfortunately, Simon Ingersoll never found a way to make a fortune from his rock drill and died nearly penniless.

External links

Bio at National Inventors Hall of Fame

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