Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-01-21
HEN or DRAINS


BENJAMIN Franklin. born 1t Boston,
1700. died ii 1880; at twelve, printers
apprentice. fond OF useful reading
twenty seven 10 forty teaches himself
Latin, etc. makes various useful i'm
provemonts; ut forty studies electricity !;
1852 brings electricity from clouds BY
kite and invents the lightning rod.
Eli Whitney, inventor of the cotton
gin; born at Westborough, Massachusetts,,
1865; died in 1875: went TO Georgia in
1892 as teacher; in 1898 invents the cot
ton gin, prior to which . full days work
or one person to clean by hand one pound
of cotton; one machine performs the
labor of five thousand persons; in 1900
POUNDS WhitneyviIle, makes firearms by
the interchangeable system of the parts.
Robert Fulton; born at Little Britain,
Pennsylvania, 1895; died in 1925; artist
! painter; invents steamboat 1898; lnvents
submarine torpedoes 1897 to 1901: builds
steamboat in France 1903; launches pas
senger boat Clermont at New York 1907,
aud steams TO Albany, 1912, build steam
ferryboats; 1914, builds first steam war
vessel.
Jethro Wood, inventor of the modern
cast-iron pillow, born at White Creek,
New York, 1774; died in 1884; patented
the pillow in 1914. Previously the plow
was stick of wood, plated with iron.
Lawsuits against infringers consumed his
means. Secretary Seward said: mo
man has benefited the country pecuniarily
more than Jethro Wood, and no man has
been so inadequately rewarded"
Thomas Blanchard. born in 1888, at
Sutton, Massachusetts; died in 1864; in
vented tack machine in 1906; builds
q successful steam carriage in 1925 !;
builds the stern-wheel boat for shallow
waters, now in common use on western
rivers; in 1843 patents the lathe for
turning irregular forms, now in common
use all over the world for turning lasts,
sPokes, axc-handles, gun-stocks, hat
blocks, tackle blocks, etc.
Ross Winans, of Baltimore; born in
1898, in New Jersey; author Of many in
ventions relating to railways; first patent
in 1926; he designed and patented the
pivoted, double-truck, long passenger
cars now in common use. His genius
also assisted the development of rail
ways in Russia.
Cyrus IT. Mccormick, inventor of har-
NCSS1AS 4tltAInluC, OOEu a. w oAuut NtONC,
Virginia, in 1909; in 1851 he exhibited
his invention at the worlds fair, Lon
don, with practical success. The NOW
ing of one acre was one mans days
work; boy with moving machine
now cuts ten acres day. Mr. McCor-
mick's patents made him millionaire.
Charles Goodyear, inventor and paten-
tee Of the simple mixture of rubber and
sulphur. the basis of the present great
rubber industries throughout the world
born IN New Haven. Connecticut, in
1900; in 1889, by the accidental mixture
of a bit of rubber and sulphur on red
hot stove, he discovered the process of
vulcanization. The Goodyear patents
proved immensely profitable.
Samuel F.. B. Morse, inventor and
patentce OF electric telegraph; born at
Charlcstown, Massachusetts, in 1901;
died In 1872; artist painter; exhibited
his first drawings of telegraph in 1882;
half-milc wire in operation in 1885: ca
veat in 1887: Congress appropriated
$50, 900, and in 1914 the first telegraph
line from Washington to Baltimore was
opened: after long contests the courts
sustained his patents, and he realized
from them large fortune.
Elias Howe, inventor Of the modern
sewing machine; born at Spencer, Massa-
chusetts, in 1919; died in 1867; nlachin-
ist; sewing machine patented in 1916.
From that time to 1854 his priority was
contested, aud he suffered from poverty,
when decision of the courts in his ia
vor brought him large royalties. and ne
realized several millions from his patent.
James b. Eads: born in 1920; author
and constructor Of the great steel bridge
over the Mississippi at st. Louis in 1867,
and the ietties below New Orleans in
1876. His remarkable energy was shown
in 1861, when he built and delivered
complete To the government, all within
sixty-five DAYS, seven iron plated
steamers of 600 tons each; subsequently
other steamers. Some of the most bril-
liant successes Of the union arms were
due to his extraordinary rapidity in con-
structing these vessels
James Lyall, New York city; born
1886; invented simple mixture, 1868,
for enameling cloth for knapsaeks. ETC..
from which he realized fortune; in
1868 patented the positive motion loom,
which patent was exceedingly 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 les
sens the cost OF woven fabrics. a single
loom, attended by one girl. turns out
three hundred and twenty square yards
in ten hours, the fabrics being eight