Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons⁷

Francis Marion Roots

American inventor and entrepreneur; inventor of the positive displacement blower.¹

Companies

Roots BlowersFounder⁶

Career

Occupation: inventor, industrialist, entrepreneur.⁵

Since 1854Founder^{3 4}
Date not recordedFounded Roots Blowers²

Sources

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WikidataFrancis Marion Roots on Wikidata
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WikidataFrancis Marion Roots: Founded Roots Blowers, on Wikidata
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WikidataFrancis Marion Roots: Founder, on Wikidata
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WikidataFounder, as reported
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WikidataFrancis Marion Roots: occupation, on Wikidata
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WikidataRoots Blowers, Founder
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Wikimedia CommonsFrancis Marion Roots photo by Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain