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About Nathan Ames
Nathan Ames was a patent solicitor who held the first patent in the United States for an escalator-like machine. The patent (#25,076) was granted on August 9, 1859, for an invention he called "Revolving Stairs". The escalator had steps mounted on a continuous belt or chain. He also patented machines for improvement in polishing leather during the time when Lynn's shoemaking industry was one of the largest in the world. Another one of his patents was for a polygraph, an early copying machine that operated by using pens connected by wires. Another patent he held was for an improved grater.
Everything about Nathan Ames →- Occupation
- inventor, poet
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- November 17, 1826
- Died
- August 17, 1865