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Howard Robard Hughes Sr. (September 9, 1869 – January 14, 1924) was an American businessman and inventor. He was the founder of Hughes Tool Company. He invented the "Sharp–Hughes" two-cone rotary drill bit during the Texas Oil Boom.
3 de abr. de 2024 · In 1909 Hughes’s father, Howard R. Hughes, Sr., invented a rotary bit for oil well drilling that made the family extremely wealthy. The younger Hughes early showed a talent for engineering, and he later studied at the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, and at the Rice Institute of Technology, Houston.
(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.
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.
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.
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.
26 de jul. de 2020 · Howard Hughes, an eccentric billionaire with love for films and aviation, left a significant mark on the United States airline industry. He designed and flew his own planes, directed movies, collected several world record trophies, and became the main hero in more than one biopics. wikimedia. How it all started.
