The Morning herald., 1878-11-14
INVENTIVE MINDS.

THz IyyRSfoRs or
v,v, ADDED MUCH 10 THR HscHASIcAL
vorLD-SoTKD INVENTORS.
sous al the more noted iHyentiosn tns'
have been made, have been planned and
executed by wilmingtonians, md the grea'
.r.sp, OF excellence that many Of the inseD-
,iops put in the field By our eitaens have
attained IL not generally known. In tois
article II Il our intention to speak orieny OF
IN. m.nv inventors of Wilmington 90 far -
they can be recalled,
4 good many years. almost beyond tne
recollection Of many of our old aco ooeers-
Ia % citizens there was Door mecnsnie Id
Wilm,ngtou named Oliver Evsns. he was
| a handy man tp bis way and much oeSoseo
/ To bis trade. he was at one time en-
nloyed 70 build dock In Philadelphia, an0
for some purpose Constructed . steam ens
zine from his osn idess, having never seen
ore. After using this for various purposes
he mt II on q scow with the the necessary I'D.
dttious, and had stesmbost that for speed
xas even superior to that OF samuel fiten,
bo had died feR years before Mr
hich are used In griss mills
II DR. Hazard, who VAS az one time mayor
ot Wilmington, st one time copstructed an
air ,pripg used In cars that was not only
success mechanically, but tquslly 30 In
financial point OF view. II vss sold for
$50 600 and is still looked upon as good
contrivsnce.
Mr.W d. Chestnut, somewhere near the
time that DR. Hsywzrd's sir spring APP
~ AIRED, invented machine to measure dis
tsnces, and which were you 70 fasten 1t on
YOUR buggie, y eul / tell the exact distance
you travelled. Mr. Chestnut also brought
/, out o ear coupler, the object Of which wat
that, were an accident to happen, such as q
a car running of the track, it would instantly
I upcouple itself.
Mr.. E. D. Williams made an explosive
bullet, which attracted considerable st'en
e ton from the Secretary OF War, and during
the Rebellion large orders were Allied fol
n .he Government. 1t was . valuable iDver
re ton, and one from Rhicn there nigh hay
Ut been uah money made. At Mr. Williams
al aealh. hoseEer, some other parties under
i. took the manufacture m and acted In yer
dishonest manner with the owners OF tn
pstent.
Probably the most valuable invention Q
former years was that of Mr.. Gilpin, fo
r the manufacture of paper by mschinery
This invention, In q great measure, lighter
ed the expense of making paper. This wa
-s before the day OF patents, and ths work wi
az carried on with the most profound privat
= for fear the invention would be stolel
''- These fears, 1t appears were not groundle
1t. for ons night the place wss entered by SON
hc enterprising New En- riers. v 40 toe
draw ines of t1e ma"hi; ard t-us mat
tn 0 .c'et puoic Ifpfy
81 ameng the other Inventions OF form'
Is. years may be mentioned q lock and alec
th instrument for computing longitude,
Jacob Alrich, formerly post master
Wilmington, 6 patent saddle by Thorn
n Gl egow: a reaping machine by Jesse Ern
nd 90 improvement on carriage doors
,a Mr.. Alexander Wright
Inl During the past decade our inventors ha
,e~ been very numerous and prolific, and hs
a.. turned ont some remarkabls cortrivaDce
he Fore emost smopg them comes our old frie
ere Dr. VIM. H-Ids, whose most wonderful or
Dt crr.ion and ever coutriving mind has Civ
mn 10 his fellow men some inventions whit
o, rlresdy have reflected credit upon Wilmin
tor, and will do so TO much GREATER exte
n q ere long. To tpask Of al of Or. Fields
the ventions separately would 20 beyond
a eu ,cr to which tris ar icle is restricted.
inc will mention f,~ Of them, hoHevpr. 7
+he mare iDpOTt,It t are new md improy
Msthods of working iron and steeI,a ptoc
,in- us ~ uicn l,alner can be tanned In thl
tha days' time. The doctor also In connects
eks with the late James Monfgsmery, invent
and an explosive substance, much mi
xss powerful than common guDpovder. I
om- latest con.rivaDce we believe originated
him is a hosting apparatus, which he
patented In connection with q Mr. kerbar
bis co-inventor.
James Wilson, OF the firm of Wills
Wood Il Co.had q valu5 BILE Invention wo
y $4,000, which consists of process of m
enn ufaetuling tin powder cans The So
ii gentlemen has an attachment to wa
coolers that is success
VIE Charles Graham g the inventor of b
of draulic eleys tor, such as Is used In Ia
4 botels. 1t is very well spoken of AID 81
IT.. raj are in use IN this city, where they &
A"e much satisfaction.
and A very good co ! dump"r 10 the cont
Oc- snee of W. s. Bullock. There are sew,
title oher Inventions Tor the same object 10
b. l.. city, principal of which are those of N
A IL Coombs, and Nevin H. Curry.
re Thomas 8. Savery has contr'yed an
been psnsive pulley that is ingenious and wiz
the celebrated. 1t is used on paper rolls tc
were crease or decrease the spetd without chs
who ing the belt.
the Mr. Henry, of the Mccullough Iron G
paDy has worked out process OF clear
and polishing sheet iron 40 1t comes f
HIO, the rolls, and 1t is said to pe very 4
plan.
savsl Among the other inventions to which
ra.h have not time to refer separately 10 the
pr0vemrDt on the steam engise, by Go,
the nor Hueston and r. Fl Wickerses N, q Q
1t, q drill by John PiersoD, riff ny Dr. Gu
mr. ph-r, valuable pIow by the late
\ Ia ina, and several Inventions by J
VI seUo.
slf In conclusion we must saw that Vim