Inventor; born in
Springfield, Mass., Aug. 10, 1799.
After aiding in constructing the machinery for the first cotton mills, in Chicopee Falls, he became the pattern-maker of the United States armory, at
Springfield, Mass., in 1828.
He remained there for twenty-eight years, much of the time as master-mechanic.
He remodelled old weapons, made new ones, and designed a lathe for the manufacture of gun-stocks.
His inventions also included machinery and tools for the manufacture of fire-arms, for rifling muskets, etc. Many of these inventions were adopted by foreign countries.
When ill-health forced him to resign Congress voted him $10.000, as he had received no compensation for his inventions while at the armory.
He died in
Springfield, Feb. 26, 1891.
