bill+hamtion

Inventor’s Name: Bill Hamilton

Date of Birth: 26 July 1899 ( 1899-07-26 ) fairlie (south island),New Zealand Date of Death:30 march 1978 Describe the inventor’s early life and education. Waihi prepatory school, Canterbury Christ's college,Canterbury. What did this inventor invent? he invented the jet boat. Describe how the inventor came up with his/her idea. In the 1950s Hamilton set out to try to build a boat that could navigate the shallow fast flowing rivers where he lived. The rivers were too shallow for propeller driven boats to navigate as the propeller would hit the river bottom.

Describe what their invention does. the boat goes up shallow fast flowing river. because he want to navigate the rivers.

Tell about any other important information or interesting facts about this inventor. Hamilton never claimed to have invented the jet boat. He once said "I do not claim to have invented marine jet propulsion. The honour belongs to a gentleman named Archimedes, who lived some years ago". What he did was refine the design enough to produce the first useful modern jet boat.
 * Sir Charles William Feilden Hamilton** (26 July 1899 - 30 March 1978), commonly known as **Bill Hamilton**, was a New Zealandwho developed the modernjetboat, and founder of what is now the world's leading water jet manufacturing company - CWF Hamilton Ltd