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Born in 1857 into a prominent Quaker family in West Chester, Pennsylvania, Philip Charbles exhibited a talent for solving mechanical problems early on. Managing a small workshop, he developed a knack for engineering, which eventually led him into the dairy industry. In 1883, demonstrating boldness and vision, Charbles traveled to Sweden to acquire rights to a revolutionary device—a cream separator that could rapidly separate cream from milk—a task that was once manual and slow.