Delaware gazette and state journal., 1902-10-30
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Some of Their Clever Devices Are Other
Than Domestic.

Some of Their Clever Devices Are Other
Than Domestic.
Just before Lord Roberts left for
South Africa it will he remembered
that he received a curious present in
the share OF a bullet PROOF shield cf
aluminium. cA
This was sent to him by its inventor,
woman. She who patented this very
much the reverse of domestic imple-
menJ is Miss Helen s. Murphy, one Of
our few women inventors. Her inven-
tion is SO far a success that it at
t.act6d the attention oi foreign GOV
ernment which has lately been max
ing inquiries as to the supply OF
large quantity of these soldiers chest
protectors for its entire army.
AZ 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 turnud their attention 10
very different subjects.
A Mrs Wesrhani has recentIv ratenred
new kind of solder for use by metal
workers. A woman from Blackpool has
devised novel tent, which is said to
be very light, and easily folded and car
ried.
Metal working is not the sort of oe-
cupation one would imagine congenial
to women. Mrs. Florence Harrison
has shown that the fair sex can excel
in such branch of industry by patent
ing process for desulphurizing certain
ores.
Mrs Ames Lynde is another well
known instance OF a woman iron
worker. At her extensive works at
Thornbam, in Norfolk, were made the
beautiful drive gates of Sandringhain,
and the King has for years taken tha
keenest interest in her work Mrs.
Ames Lynde not only superintends the
work which she has started, but pte
pares all the designs herself She has
| invented many new and unique designs
| as well as several methods for welding
together the separate portions which 70
| to form the elaborate pieces Of work
turned out at her works. So far has
the fame OF this novel village industry
extended that its head received an
\ order for the royal pavilion at the
| Paris Exhibition of 1900.
Lady Colebrooke is another woman
inventor She is we'll known as a
sculptor, and has turned her attention
| to a branch Of work hitherto almost
exclusively confined to men--that oi
carpentering. She holds every week 0
large class of women and girls from
the district around her home at Abing
ton, and teaches them needle- work anC
carpentering. Tho latest achievement
is pillar box on q new plan, which is
in use in the hall at Arlington.
Doctors nowadays are all agreed thai
the ordinary cradle with rockers is very
bad for children. Tho rocking anc
iolting quiet crying baby merely by
stupefying it, and the result is injury
to the child's health.
| woman living at Twickenham has
set herself to work to remedy this, anc
at the Patent Office may be found {
description of her new oaby car ham
mock. This is a combination betwosI
a cradle and perambulator whict
takes up very little room, obviates al
iarring and jolt;ng, and at the sam,
time is so made that child lying OF
it is completely protected from colo
air and draughts.
Another domestic device which Ger
tainly fills long-felt want, and TO
which we are indebted to woman, j
called the baby jumper. Judging b.
the drawings of this device, the Mrs
Wilson who patented it has conferret
an enormous boon on mothers who can
not afford nurses. The invention is
sort of frame in which the child ca
be comfortably placed, either sittin
or standing, and fixed beyond rscah G
harm with straps. 1t is suspended /
the ceiling by a rope and spiral wir
spring, which, when weight is throw
upon it, dances the baby automatically
1t was woman who invented tn
tack -puller which is now so widel
! used in this country. The tack-pulle
is simply lever-like arrangement b
means Of which the tacks holding
carpet to the floor can be easily an
speedily pulled out.
Queen Alexandra has invented
! combination smokers hold-all. Their
is but one copy made. and the Kin
uses it. 1t is mado OF gold and silver
embossed with the royal monogram.
THAN NKSGIYISG DECORATIONS.