Woman's chronicle. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1888-1???, 1891-01-17

in the left hand, by which it was set whirlng while
the fbres were drawn out of the mass and guided
by the fingers of the left hand. Then German
woman invented the spinning wheel, by which one
spindle only WAS set In the frame. To-day 200 to
800 spndles are set in frame, and cotton yarn is
spun out so fine that one pound will make thread
$50 miles long
Pamphile, a woman of Cos, invented gauze.
She unraveled and manufactured it into fabric
known to Roman ladies as cos vestic, to the mod
erns as coan or gauze. This airy, fairy stuff,
called ''The Women's Wind" takes color and
bears embroidery. Barbara Uttnan, of Saxony,
was the inventor of piow-lac1 making She
taught the art to the young ladies of her own
country; and to-day, 1t is the leading industry of
Belgium. The fine thread lace stitch is the inven-
tion of q woman The stitch was lost for several
centuries, but it was found by NJ Bessan, to
whom the Italian Minister of Commerce gave let
tiers patent and control for fifteen years Mheural
Nisa is celebrated by Tom Moore in the 'Light of
the Harem." Nourmahal, as she is called, invented
cashmere shawls The perfume distilled from altar
of roses is said to have been her discovery.
Caroline Hershel made many improvements in
telescopes. An English woman, Mary Power, in
vented the aquarium, which is invaluable to natu-
vented the manikin, now almost indispensable in
the study of medical science. An American sculp-
tress, Harriet Hosmer, made marble from lime
STONE, and showed that the magnet could be util-
lied for motive power.
High in the roll of honor of American female IN.
ventors is the name of Betsy Metcalf In l7o9
she made the first straw bonnet. The industry
spread rapidly in Massachusetts,, and within fifty
years after the first straw hat was made, that State
produced annually over 81 900, 900 worth. 1t is
estimated that 10 900, 900 straw hats and bennes
are now turned out each year IN the United States.
The mower and reaper was invented by Mrs.
Ann Manning, before MacCormick put his ma
chimes on the market. She perfected the system
of combined action of teeth and cutters, patented
by her husband. She also invented clover
cleaner. The Burden horseshoe machine, which
turns out complete shoe every three seconds, is
the product of woman's brain. Some say that
little girl first conceived the idea of gimet-
pointed screw.
We do not know more than one-half of all the
things invented by our women. In most cases
women are 10th to take out patents on their
mechanical or practical devices they either let the
men get the letters for them, or else they give the
idea away free. Thus, Miss Louise Mclaughlin
invented the underglaze on pottery. She did not
think or care to patent the process and the result
was mean man got the patent for himself
San Francisco lady invented the baby carriage;
Chicago lady the paper pail, and Hoboken lady
the Eureka street-sweeper.
One of the most useful inventions of recent
years is that patented by Miss Maggie Knight. 1t
it is the sache-bottom for paper bags. The same
woman invented machine for folding bags. Mrs.
Mary Walton invented a system for deadening
noise on the elevated railroad in New York. Mrs.
NIather has made deep sea telescope, for bring
ing the bottom of the largest ships to view without
raising them to dry dock. Among the thousands
of inventions by our women we may name vol
canc furnace for smelling ore; rotary loom;
fire escape; wool feeder used in all the New En-
gland mills; spinning machine; screw crank;
system of improved drainage; and household