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Henry Marcus Quackenbush (April 27, 1847 – September 8, 1933), commonly called "H.M.", was an American inventor and industrialist who founded the H.M. Quackenbush Company [1] in Herkimer, New York. His company was widely known for its air rifles and for the invention of the metal, spring-jointed nutcracker .
Dr. Robert Mead Quackenbush, MSW, PhD (July 23, 1929 – May 17, 2021) was an American author and illustrator of children's books. He authored 110 books and illustrated 60 more by 1999. [ 2 ] He is noted for creating the characters Henry the Duck, Detective Mole, and Miss Mallard.
The Quackenbush rifle, invented by industrialist Henry M. Quackenbush, is a clever but cheaply made "Boys' rifle" sold in large numbers in the 1893–1920 period, along with several models of air guns.
Quackenbush is a surname of Dutch origin that is an Americanized form of the Dutch Quackenbosch. [1] ... Dave Quackenbush, American punk rock singer; Henry ...
The spring-jointed nutcracker was patented by Henry Quackenbush in 1913. [5] A ratchet design, similar to a car jack, that gradually increases pressure on the shell to avoid damaging the kernel inside is used by the Crackerjack, patented in 1947 by Cuthbert Leslie Rimes of Morley, Leeds and exhibited at the Festival of Britain.
Quackenbush House is a historic building in Albany, New York. It is a house with a double-pitched gable roof that was built in about 1736. [ 2 ] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.
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Kevin Robert Quackenbush (born November 28, 1988) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the San Diego Padres , Cincinnati Reds , and Los Angeles Dodgers .