Among the patents granted prior to 1836 are found the following:
July Planten, Philadelphia, Pa., foot-stove.
Elizabeth H. Bulkley, Colchester, Conn., shovels, scythes, spades, etc., of cast steel and iron.
The following are some of the inventions made by women. The patents upon these have all expired:
Brush for cotton gins, car couplings (several), combined plow and harrow, construction of railroad tracks, ginning cotton, gate for railway tracks, grain clipping machines, grain scouring machines, wheat cleaning machines, mining machines, separating tin from other metals, paving blocks (several), fire escapes, ladders for fire extinguishing apparatus, fire-proof doors or shutters, nozzle for oil-cans, over-flow indicator, snow plow, stage scenery, machine for printing peripheries of spools, etc., hydrocarbon furnaces, road cart, snow shovel and scraper, machine for laying wall-paper, transfer apparatus for traction cable cars.
Martha P. Jewett, Evansville, Indiana, composition of matter to be used for the purpose of fluxing metals.
Alice M. Jayne, Bradford, Pa., mail-binder.
Sarah E. Peeples, Washington, D. C, insulated pipe joints or couplings.
Rebecca T. Swenning, Los Angeles, Cal., process of preparing backgrounds on pile fabric.
Julia B. Mathews, Portland, Maine, hot-air registers.
List of Prominent American Women Inventors.
Zina A. Beecher, Marysville, Ohio, attachment for cultivators.
Eliza J. Bentinck and J. A. Renner, Galveston, Texas, digging machine.
Lucy A. Corning, Rockford, 111., baling press.
Adeline Widmayer, New York, N. Y., dumping wagon.
Annie H. Chilton, Baltimore, Md., combined horse detacher and brake.
Elina M. Wright, Hartford, Conn., forming decorative panels.
Mary L. McLaughlin, Cincinnati, Ohio, method of decorating pottery.
Ora Orr, Westport, Cat, combined child's carriage and cradle.
Sarah A. Reinheimer, Winchester, Ind., barrel tapping and emptying device.
Dell M. Hawes, Ortonville, Minn., pneumatic tire.
Margaret E. Knight and A. B. Harrington, South Framingham, Mass., window frame and sash.
Florence M. Carr, Chicago, 111., ornamental grill work.
Eliza Wilcox, Ashley, Mich., carpet stretcher.
Ada V. Goltermann, New York, N. Y., fire escape.
Rena M. Howe, Scranton, Pa., closure for bottles or jars.
Rebecca H. Hayes, Galveston, Texas, cooking stove.
Simon W. and Clara A. Kinney, St. Louis, Mo., steam cooking utensil.
