About Henry S. Parmelee
Lived 1846 – 1902 (aged 55–56). Henry S. Parmelee was an American engineer, piano maker and musical instrument maker.
rightHenry S. Parmelee (c. 1846 – 1902), president of the Fair Haven and Westville Street Railway Company, was a piano maker from New Haven, Connecticut. He took the idea of Sir Hiram Maxim and then invented the second automatic fire sprinkler system in 1874, to protect his piano factory. He died in 1902.
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Who was Henry S. Parmelee?
American inventor
When was Henry S. Parmelee born?
Henry S. Parmelee was born in 1846.
When did Henry S. Parmelee die?
Henry S. Parmelee died in 1902.
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Henry S. Parmelee was an engineer, piano maker and musical instrument maker.
What nationality was Henry S. Parmelee?
Henry S. Parmelee was American.
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