was a mechanical technologist and professor.
He was born in
Kanazawa
is the capital of Ishikawa Prefecture in central Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 466,029 in 203,271 households, and a population density of 990 persons per km2. The total area of the city was .
Etymology
The name "Kanazaw ...
, and graduated from the
University of Tokyo
The University of Tokyo (, abbreviated as in Japanese and UTokyo in English) is a public research university in Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan. Founded in 1877 as the nation's first modern university by the merger of several pre-westernisation era ins ...
''Kōgakubu'' (mechanical course). In Meiji 29 (1896), he was installed in the University of Tokyo professor. He invented an Inoguchi shiki turbine pump (Inokuchi type turboalternator). He established Nihon Kikai Gakkai (Japan Institute of Mechanical Engineers)
He is founder of
Ebara Corporation
Ebara Corporation is a publicly traded manufacturing company based in Tokyo, Japan which makes environmental and industrial machinery such as pumps and turbines. It is the owner of the Elliott Company in the United States and Sumoto S.r.l. in Ita ...
(former: Inokuchi Seisakusho- lit. Inokuchi manufacturing/works) in 1920.
See also
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Mechanical Engineering Heritage (Japan)
The is a list of sites, landmarks, machines, and documents that made significant contributions to the development of mechanical engineering in Japan. Items in the list are certified by the .
Overview
The ''Mechanical Engineering Heritage'' pr ...
- Heritage No.25
References
1856 births
1923 deaths
Academic staff of the University of Tokyo
People from Kanazawa, Ishikawa
University of Tokyo alumni
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