A descendant of this man with the same last name was obsessed with Martian canals and founded an institute where Clyde Tombaugh made his most famous discovery.  
While working on a project named for this man, James B. Francis published an influential text on hydraulic experiments.  One company established by this man created a unit of power that could be subdivided into 3,600 spindles.  This man's brother-in-law Patrick Tracy Jackson provided capital for his first company.  One of his key early hires was Paul (*) Moody.  He designed a building that could clean, spin and weave cotton on three different floors, and he lends his name to a Locks &amp; Canal Company.  A descendant of this man with the same last name was obsessed with Martian canals and founded an institute where Clyde Tombaugh made his most famous discovery.  Female workers for a company named for this man published the Offering paper and advocated for a 10-hour day.  For 10 points, name this founder of the Boston Manufacturing Company and namesake of a Massachusetts town.
While working on a project named for this man, James B. Francis published an influential text on hydraulic experiments.  
Francis Cabot Lowell