Philip Vaughan
From Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core
Philip Vaughan was a Welsh inventor and ironmaster who patented the first design for a ball bearing in Carmarthen in 1794.[1] His design ran along a track in an axle assembly, known as a ball race, thus originating the modern ball bearing design.[2]
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- Carlisle, R. P. Scientific American Inventions and Discoveries: All the Milestones in Ingenuity, John Wiley & Sons, 2004. ISBN 0-471-24410-4
- Rowland, K. T. Eighteenth Century Inventions, University of Michigan, 1974.
