Companies That Built the World: Dupont - Episode 298
Unprofessional Engineering
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Alfred Depont - A Brief History
Alfred developed more than 200 patents, including the first gasoline powered locomotive. Alfred's parents died within a month of each other when he was 13 years old. He and his four siblings resisted attempts to get them placed with different aunts or uncles who oter hoever,. They persuaded their elders to let them remain at home together. And then, last but not least, i almost regret even having this one listed, but a alfred, he was friends with boxer's john l. Sullivan.
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