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  2. HRG Group - Wikipedia

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    HRG Group, Inc., formerly Harbinger Group Inc. and Zapata Corporation, [3] was a holding company based in Rochester, New York, [4] having originated from an oil company started by a group including future U.S. president George H. W. Bush. In 2009, it was renamed the Harbinger Group Inc. [5]

  3. List of steam-powered ships of the line - Wikipedia

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    Converted to sail/steam and entered service in 1857. Used as gunnery training vessel from 1860. Stricken in 1867. Hulk scrapped in 1905. [2] Ville-de-Paris: laid down in 1806 at Rochefort as Marengo; renamed to Ville-de-Vienne in 1807, Comte-d'Artois in 1814, and Ville-de-Paris in 1830. Launched in 1850.

  4. Swiffer - Wikipedia

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    Swiffer Bissell Steamboost is a steam mop. It uses special steam pads and it deeply penetrates dirt. Swiffer Continuous Clean Air Cleaner is an air filtration system introduced in 2018. [5] Like Swiffer mops, it uses a refill system for the filter, which is a common model across the air filtration industry.

  5. Old Dominion Steamship Company - Wikipedia

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    Established in 1867, the founder and first President of the Old Dominion Steamship Company was Isaac Bell (1814–1897), and its first Vice President was George W. Elder. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] [ 7 ] Former Attorney General of Delaware Jacob Moore served for a period as the company's legal counsel. [ 8 ]

  6. Babcock & Wilcox - Wikipedia

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    The company was founded in 1867 by Stephen Wilcox, Jr. and his partner George Herman Babcock with the intention of building safer steam boilers. Stephen Wilcox first avowed that “there must be a better way” to safely generate power, and he and George Babcock responded with the design for the first inherently safe water-tube boiler.

  7. Vapor steam cleaner - Wikipedia

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    The steam helps soak the pad and dirt is drawn off ground. Unlike regular mops, steam mops do not leave a residue on the floor and often clean through the dirt. The heat of the steam can kill about 99 percent of the bacteria and dust mites. Steam mops can disinfect floors, restore shine, kill dust mites, and remove some stains. Some feature a ...

  8. Timeline of United States inventions (before 1890) - Wikipedia

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    The steam shovel is composed of a bucket, boom and 'dipper stick', boiler, water tank and coal bunker, a steam engine, and a winch. The steam shovel was invented in 1835 by William Otis, later receiving a patent for his invention on February 24, 1839. [69] 1835 Solar compass. William Austin Burt's solar compass

  9. List of boiler explosions - Wikipedia

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    Etching of damage from a boiler explosion in Newark, New Jersey in 1867 This is a list of steam boiler explosions such as railway locomotive , marine transport (military and civilian), and stationary power: