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Forgotten Genius: North Carolina Inventors of the Nineteenth Century
Record #:
16112
Author(s):
Fulghum, Neil
Abstract:
From 1790 to 1900, hundreds of the state's residents from across the state patented approximately 2,000 inventions. The first patent granted to a Tar Heel was in 1801 to G. F. Saltonstall of Fayetteville for his work with grain processing.
Source:
Tar Heel Junior Historian
(NoCar F 251 T3x),
Vol. 19 Issue 2, Winter 1980
,
p
15-18, il
Subject(s):
Inventors
Full Text:
http://digital.ncdcr.gov/cdm/ref/collection/p16062coll9/id/127111