Philip Vaughan
Philip Vaughan († 1824 in Kidwelly ) from Carmarthen was an iron caster who invented the ball bearing around 1791 and patented it in 1794.
In 1793 he was the representative of the owner of the Carmarthen ironworks, Robert Morgan. In the same year he married. One of his sons, Philip, became a lawyer and mayor of Brecon.
Vaughan later became (co-) owner of a tinplate factory in Redbrook .
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| SURNAME | Vaughan, Philip |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | inventor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 18th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1824 |
| Place of death | Kidwelly |