Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-05-01
Some American Inventors,

| Eli Whitney, inventor of the cotton gin ;
| born at Westboro, Massachusetts,, 1865; died
| in 1925; went to Georgia in 1892 as teacher: in
l79S invents the cotton gin. prior to which a
! full days work of one person was to clean by
hand one pound of cotton; one machine per-
| forms the labor Of five thousand persons;
| in 1900 Pounds Whitneysvile; makes firearms
| by the interchangeable system of the parts.
Robert Fulton, born at Little Britain, Penn
sylvania, 1853; died III 1925; artist painter; in
vents steamboat 1888; invents submarine tor
| pedoes 1877 to 1901; builds steamboats, in
France 1868; launches passenger boat Cler-
mont at New York 1877, and steams to Albany;
1912, builds steam ferry boats; 1914 builds
| first steam war vessel.
! Jethro Wood, inventor Of the modern cast
! iron pillow; born at White Creek, New York,
| 1714; died III 1894; patented the pillow in 1914
/ Previously the ploYy was a stick Of wood plat
| ed with iron. Law suits against infrngers
! consumed his means. Secretary Seward slid
.'Ao man ila' bonefted the country, pecuniari-
| y, NOR: than Jethro Wood, anu no man has
! been so inadequately rewarded"
Thomas Blanchard, born in 17SS, at Sutton,
| Massachusetts; died in 1854; invented tack
! machine in 1906 builds q successful steam
! carriage in 1926; builds the stern wheel boat
| for shallow waters, now in common use on
| western rivers; i'll 1913 patents the lathe for
all over the world for turning lasts, spokes
axe. handles, gun stocks, hat blocks, tackle
| blocks etc
! Ross Winans, of Baltimore, born in 1898, in
| New Jersey; author Of many inventions rela-
| tive to Railways first patented in 1926: he de-
signed and patented the pivoted, double truck
| long passenger cars now in common USE His
! genius also assisted tho DEVELOPMENT Of rail-
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| Cyrus II. Mccormick, inventor of harvest
| ing machines; born at Walnut Grove, .Virgnia
| in 1873; in 1851 he exhibited his invention at
the worlds fair, London, with practical cue
| cess. The moving Of one aero was one man. $
| days WORE; boy, with q moving machine
| Row cuts ten acres a day Mr.. McCormick's
! patents made him q millionaire.
| Charles Goodyear, inventor and patentee of
| the simple mixture of rubter and sulphur, the
basis OF the present great rubber industries
| throughout the world; born in New Haven,
Connecticut, III 1900; in 1880, by the accidental
! mixture Of bit of rubber and sulphur on q
red hot stove. he discovered the process Of
vuieanizstion. The Goodyear patents proved
immensely profitable. h '@.+ f.
| Samuel +. B. Morse, inventor and patentee Of
electric Telegraph, born at Charlestown, Mas.
sachusetts in 1881; died in 1872; artist painter;
| exhibited his first drawings Of telegraph in
1892; half mile WREN operation IN 1885; ca
/ SOao III LODI SOl1slCoo dPp1DpilAIcu
| and in 1884 the first telegraph line from Balti-
| more. to Washington was opened; after long
contests the courts sustained his patents, and
he realized from them a large fortune ~ ~
Elias Howe, inventor of the modern sewing
| machine; born at Spencer, Mass, in 1915;
died II 1857; machinist; sewing machine pat
ented in 1916 From that time to 1854 hia
priority was contested, and he suffered from
poverty, when decision of the courts in his
favor brought him large royalties, and he
realized several millions from his patent
James E. Eads; born in 1870; author and
constructor Of the great steel bridge over the
Mississippi at ST. Louis in 1857, and the jetties
below New Orleans in 1876. His remarkable
| energy was shown in 1861, when he built and
delivered complete to the government, all
within IS days, seven IRON l1ated steamers Of
geo tons each; subsequently othe. steamers,
Some of the nost brilliant successes of the
Union arms were duo to his extraordinary
rapidity in constructing these vessels
James Lyall 4 Nav York city: born in. 1885; ;
invented q simple mixture, 1883, for enamel
ing cloth for knapsacks etc, from which he
realized q fortune; in 1863 patented tho posi-
tive ulotion loom, which patsnt WAS exceeding
" profitable; is the founder and manager Of
several great establishments; at one Of these,
Twenty third street. New York, four thousand
hands are employed This loom increases
the production and lessens the cost Of woven
fabrics a single loom tended By ono girl,
turns out three hundred and twenty square
yardsIn ten hours, the fabric being eight yards
wide. Scientific American Handbook
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