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[[File:Monkey and Stillson wrenches.png|thumb|Monkey and Stillson wrenches]]'''Daniel Chapman Stillson''' (March 25, 1826 – August 23, 1899) was an American inventor. He invented the modern adjustable [[pipe wrench]].

==Biography==
He was born March 25, 1826, in [[Durham, New Hampshire|Durham]], [[New Hampshire]]. He was the son of William Stillson and Nancy Chapman. He married Ellen Raynes Davis on April 18, 1855.<ref name=rw>{{cite web |url=http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~stilsongeneology/stilsonbk27.htm#dan |title=Daniel Chapman Stillson |quote= |publisher=Rootsweb |accessdate=2008-06-28 }}</ref>

He was a machinist during the [[American Civil War]] and served on [[David Glasgow Farragut]]{{'}}s first voyage as a [[Vice Admiral (United States)|vice admiral]]. At the end of the Civil War, Stillson returned to [[Charlestown, Massachusetts|Charlestown]], [[Massachusetts]], and eventually he moved to [[Somerville, Massachusetts|Somerville]], Massachusetts. He then worked as a machinist at the J. J. Walworth Company in the [[Cambridgeport]] section of [[Cambridge, Massachusetts|Cambridge]], Massachusetts. While at the J. J. Walworth Company, he developed his pipe wrench.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bochynski.com/stillson/ |title=Daniel C. Stillson |quote= |publisher=bochynski |accessdate=2008-06-28 }}</ref> On September 13, 1870, he was issued his patent. Stillson was paid about $80,000 in royalties during his lifetime.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blwrench.htm |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120718162455/http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blwrench.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 18, 2012 |title=Wrenches |quote= |publisher=[[About.com]] |accessdate=2008-06-28 }}</ref>

He died on August 23, 1899, and is buried at [[Mount Auburn Cemetery]] in Cambridge and [[Watertown, Massachusetts|Watertown]], Massachusetts.

==Patent==
{{US patent|95744}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

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[[Category:People from Durham, New Hampshire]]
[[Category:People from Somerville, Massachusetts]]
[[Category:Burials at Mount Auburn Cemetery]]
[[Category:19th-century American inventors]]

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