David Bruce

Definition: David Bruce

David Bruce

Noun

1. Australian physician and bacteriologist who described the bacterium that causes undulant fever or brucellosis (1855-1931).

Specialty Definition: David Bruce

David Bruce jr. was a New York industrialist whose inventions revolutionised the printing industry.

In 1838 he invented the Pivotal Typecaster, and he patented it in 1845. This machine replaced men who worked as handcasters. Some of them saw the machine and felt so strongly about it that they plotted to tip the machine off the boat that was to ferry it back to the foundry. Luckily, David Bruce was able to foil the plot.

An example of the Pivotal Typecaster can be found in the Printing Museum of the firm of William Clowes at Beccles, Suffolk, England.

Non-Fiction Usage: David Bruce

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Economic History	China	In May 1973, in an effort to build toward the establishment of formal diplomatic relations, the U.S. and China established the United States Liaison Office (USLO) in Beijing and a counterpart Chinese office in Washington, DC. In the years between 1973 and 1978, such distinguished Americans as David Bruce, George Bush, Thomas Gates, and Leonard Woodcock served as chiefs of the USLO with the personal rank of Ambassador. (references)
Human Rights	Togo	In its final report released in February, the U.N./OAU Commission of Inquiry reported the disappearance of the following six persons, previously unreported, each of whom was last seen under arrest by security forces in 1998: Koffi "Hitler" Akakpossa, last seen on December 22; Nicolas Assiongbon, last seen in October; Adrisse "Ringo" Djiewone, last seen on August 10; Yao Homawoo, last seen February 8; Kokou Akakpo, last seen February 7; Eugene Senyo, last seen February 7. There were no developments in the 1994 disappearance of David Bruce, a high-level Foreign Ministry employee sympathetic to the opposition, which remained under investigation by the Government. (references)
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