The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1901-1903, 1902-12-07
BRIGHT WOVEN As lNYsNToRs.
Some of Their Clever Devices Are Other
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Just before Lord Roberts left for
G..gtl, A sr!cc |, ~ ~. .sc.-, bored
that he iee-'*e I'd odricrs pgtscLS in
the shape OF bullet pr5of shield Of
aluminium.
This was cent to lin Is Its inventor.
a woman, She who patented this very
much the reverse Of domestic imple
ment is Miss Helen $. Murphy, enc Of
our few women inventors. Her in
vention is so far a success that it at
tracted the attention Of foreign gov
ernmcnt. who has lately been making
inquiries as TO the supply OF large
quantity Of these soldiers chest pro-
tectors for their entire army.
AS might be expected, the larger
number Of patents taken out by
women are for domestic inventions of
one kind or another Some, however,
like Miss Murphy have turned their
attention to very different subjects.
A Mrs. Westham has recently pat
ented new kind Of solder for use by
metal workers. woman from Black
pool has devised novel tent, which
Is said to be very light, and easily
folded and carried.
Metal working is not the sort OF oc-
cnpation one would imagine congenial
to women Mrs Florence Harrison
has shown that the fair sex can excel
In such a branch OF industry by pat
enting n process for disappointing
certain ores.
Mrs. Ames Lynde is another we'll
known instance Of woman iron
worker. At Ter extensive works at
Thornham, in Norfolk, were made the
beautiful drive gates OF Sandringham,
and the King has for years taken the
keenest interest in her work. Mrs.
Ames Lynde not only superlntends the
work which she has started, but pre-
parea all the designs herself. She has
invented many new and unique de-
signs as well as several methods for
welding together the separate portions
which go to form the elaborate pieces
OF work turned out at her works. So
far has the fame Of this novel village
industry extended that It's head re-
ceiyed an order FOR the royal pavilion
at the Paris Exhibition of 1900.
Indy Colebrook is another woman
Inventor. She Ia wen known as q
sculptor, and has turned her attention
to a branch Of work hitherto almost
exclusively confined to men-that of
carpentering. She holds every week II
large class Of women and girls from
the district around her home at Alb
ington. and teaches them needleworlt
aud carRentcrirg The latest achieve
ment Is q pillar box on a new plan,
which is in use in the hall at Abing
ton.
Doctors nowadays are all agreed that
the ordinary cradle with rockers is
very bad Tor children The rocking
and jolting quiet crying baby merely
by Supplying it. and the result Is in
Jury to the child's health.
A woman living at Twickeuham has
set herself TO work 10 remedy this. and
at the patent Office may be found n
description o2 her new baby ear ham
mock. This IS a combination between
u cradle and perambulator, which
takes up very little room, ohyates all
jarring and iolting, and at the same
time is SO made that child lying on it
is completely protected from cold air
and draughts.
Another domestic device which ccr-
tainly fills long-felt want. and for
which we are indebted to 4 woman, is
called tile bstbs- ) j;ysnlper Judging by
the drawings Of this device. the Mrs
Wilson who patented it. has conferred
an enormous boon on mothers who
cannot afford nurses. The invention
Is a sort Of frame in which the child
can be comfortably placed. either sit
ting or standing. ANA fixed beyond
reach of harm with straps. 1t is sus-
pended 20 the ceiling by rope and
spiral Wire spring, which when weight
is thrown upon it dances the baby au-
tomatically.
1t was woman who invented the
tack-puller. which is now SO widely
used in this country. The tack-puller
Is simply Il leverlilze arrangement by
means of which the tacks holding a
carpet 10 the floor can be easily and
speedily pulled out-I.ondon Answers