Word: tinkerish
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...profitable, frugal Thomas White often saying that a man loses value if he is paid more than $5,000 a year "because he spends all his time thinking about how to invest it." In 1899 Founder White and his three sons were rich enough to buy a Locomobile steamer. Tinkerish by nature, they soon were at the boiler and saw a way to improve it. The Locomobile company was not interested, so the Whites built a steamer of their own in 1900. They soon were in commercial production and obtaining a tight grip on all steam patents. The result...
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