WOMEN AS INVENTORS.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume VII, Issue 1265, 24 March 1886, Page 2

WOMEN AS INVENTORS.

A list of American wdmen patdntetl. has called the atteritioa of: *ddal reformers to this interesting subject and while tbe number on this jiiktiof 1 the Atlantic of women. who> ImAco taken out patents for naw &*«&&&* is very small indeed when oompaxtd>< with those of the United States, the number of patents granted to :ir4men from July, 1884r, to the end of March in the current year of 1885, shows a great increase on previous jeijrs and is not without special interest At the present moment. It is, however, noticeable while the American women soar right into masculine atmosphere of mechanical and scientific ftsearoa and invention, Rigliaßi are mostly content with woaj^fi generally regarded by men as thett own particular sphere. While an American woman invents the Burton machine, an Englishwoman takes- out a patent for an improved pea soup ;>;] while Mrs Mary WaJtrqn. perfects . a.; system of deadening fche sound of elevated railroads, her English sister, a governess, patents a registering, label and means of attachment, to boots and shoes at hotels and ptW establishments; while Mrs A. BC, .. Manning invents a new mowing and . reaping machine, on yoiw side ?{;the water the English vri<low of jv bookseller registers improTementsforthe manufacture of bread; Mrs Mather in the United States improves the deep-sea telescope, and Mrr Jones of • England makes a compound sardine , paste, and so on. Not^hat we would infer that there is no higher evidence of mechanical genius thau is represented by these English patents, for, among others, women have taken out papers for improvements in piano- . forte keyboards, in the manufacture „. of non-alcoholic beverages from /suit, and improvements in connejiHon circular frame-knitters. The comparison is, nevertheless.a just one.-r- , Chicago Jirter-O<jean.: ' .".' ' '' • i. -, • ' ■/ - .- j