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Isaac Bissell (January 25, 1749 – July 28, 1822) was a patriot post rider who delivered mail between Boston and Hartford, Connecticut. On April 19, 1775, the British made an attack on Lexington and Concord, igniting the American Revolutionary War. He was assigned to alert American colonists of the news and rally them to assist the ...
4. Israel Bissell, also spelled Bissel (1752 – October 24, 1823), was a patriot post rider who delivered mail between Boston, Massachusetts and New York . On April 19, 1775, British fired on colonists in Lexington and Concord, inciting the American Revolutionary War. Bissell was assigned to alert American colonists the news and rally them to ...
Bissell Inc., also known as Bissell Homecare, is an American privately owned vacuum cleaner and floor care product manufacturing corporation headquartered in Walker, Michigan in Greater Grand Rapids. [3] [4] The company is the number one manufacturer of floor care products in North America in terms of sales, with 20% marketshare.
Bissel truck. A Bissell or Bissel truck (also Bissel bogie or pony truck) is a single-axle bogie which pivots towards the centre of a steam locomotive to enable it to negotiate curves more easily. Invented in 1857 by Levi Bissell [ de] [1] and usually then known as a pony truck, it is a very simple and common means of designing a carrying wheel .
Richard Mervin Bissell Jr. (September 18, 1909 – February 7, 1994) was an American Central Intelligence Agency officer responsible for major projects such as the U-2 spy plane and the Bay of Pigs Invasion. He is seen as one of the most important spymasters in CIA history. [3]
Silas Bissell. Silas Bissell (April 27, 1942 – June 15, 2002 [1]) was an American activist and artist. He joined The Weatherman movement for a brief time before going underground after planting a bomb at the University of Washington's ROTC building. [2] Bissell was arrested after 17 years of being underground and served 18 months in jail.
Bissell appeared as a guest star in many television drama series between the early 1950s and the mid-1970s, with more sporadic appearances after that. He guest-starred in a couple of episodes of The Lone Ranger. He appeared on other syndicated series, including Sheriff of Cochise, Whirlybirds, Peyton Place and The Brothers Brannagan.
George Henry Bissell (November 8, 1821 – November 19, 1884) was an entrepreneur and industrialist who is often considered the father of the American oil industry. His company, the Pennsylvania Rock Oil, was the first Petroleum company in America. [1] His businesses included oil companies, banks, railroads, and substantial real estate in New York.
Extra Lives: Why Video Games Matter. Tom Bissell (born January 9, 1974) is an American journalist, critic, and writer, best known for his extensive work as a writer of video games, including The Vanishing of Ethan Carter, Battlefield Hardline, and Gears 5. His work has been adapted into films by Julia Loktev, Werner Herzog and James Franco .
Dr Susan Bissell is Canadian academic and human rights advocate, working as a visiting scholar and senior fellow at the FXB Centre for Health & Human Rights, T.H. Chan School of Public Health of Harvard University. [1] Prior to this appointment, her thirty-year career with the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) was centered on protecting ...