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Howard Robard Hughes Sr. (September 9, 1869 – January 14, 1924) was an American businessman and inventor who founded the Hughes Tool Company. He invented the "Sharp–Hughes" two-cone rotary drill bit during the Texas Oil Boom .
Howard Robard Hughes Jr. (December 24, 1905 – April 5, 1976) was an American aerospace engineer, business magnate, film producer, investor, philanthropist, and pilot. [2] . He was best known during his lifetime as one of the richest and most influential people in the world.
(DP) 1924. El millonario Howard R. Hughes Sr. acaba de morir, dejando atrás no solamente una gran fortuna, sino también un puesto vacante al frente de la empresa que lo ha enriquecido, la Hughes Tool Company.
He invented a bit with cone-shaped rollers covered in teeth that would chip and crush hard rock rather than scrape it. Ultimately, he secured a patent for his revolutionary bit and by 1909 the Hughes bit was in wide use nationally and internationally.
14 de ene. de 2020 · Howard R. Hughes Sr. (KPRC) HOUSTON – Meet Howard Robard Hughes Sr., the man that changed the oil industry. Born in Lancaster, Missouri and raised in Keokuk, Iowa, Hughes would follow...
4 de mar. de 2024 · Explore the history of Howard Hughes Sr., inventor of the two-cone roller bit, in Part 1 of this two-part series highlighting the Hughes family legacy in the oil and gas industry. March 4, 2024. By Timilehin Adegbamigbe. The Way Ahead.
Howard Robard Hughes Sr. (né le 9 septembre 1869 à Lancaster et mort le 14 janvier 1924 à Houston) est un homme d'affaires et inventeur américain. Fondateur de la Hughes Tool Company, il a inventé le foret à roche tri-cône rotatif Sharp-Hughes pendant le boom du pétrole au Texas (en).
