List of Shaker inventions
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This article contains a list of inventions by the Shakers, officially known as the United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearance. Founded in the 18th century, the Shakers, a celibate sect who lived a communal lifestyle, were known for their many innovative creations in varied fields including agriculture, furniture, housework, and medicine.
Architecture
[edit]- Adjustable ventilating door transoms[1]
- Round barn
- Sash-balance counterweight[1]
- Shaker stairs
Food and agriculture
[edit]- Apple parer and corer[1]
- Automatic seed planter[1]
- Condensed milk[1]
- Fertilizer spreader[1]
- Pea sheller[2]
- Rotary harrow[1]
- Shaker Lemon Pie
- Threshing machine[2]
Furniture
[edit]Medicine and healthcare
[edit]- Corbett's electrostatic machine
- Syrup of Sarsaparilla[3]
Tools and appliances
[edit]- Circular saw[1]
- Peg-boards (often called "clothes-pins"[1][4])
- Deacon Daniel Baird's machinery for making pails, wash boards, and shingles[5]
- Cut nails[6]
- Flat broom[1][7]
- Lumber-drying kiln[1]
- No-kill mousetrap[7]
- Metal pen[1]
- Revolving oven[2]
- Small paper packets for seeds[7]
- Shaker broom vise
- Shaker spinning wheel[8]
- Water-powered cooling fan[1]
- Wheel-driven washing machine[1][9]
- Wood-burning stove[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Magazines, Hearst (1976-07-01). Popular Mechanics. Hearst Magazines.
- ^ a b c d "Silk Circa 1840: Larbi Paper". www.smith.edu. Retrieved 2016-05-06.
- ^ Reif, Rita (1993). "Creature Comforts Came First". The New York Times. Retrieved June 18, 2015.
- ^ "The Shakers . About the Shakers | PBS". www.pbs.org. Retrieved 2016-05-06.
- ^ Daniel Baird (1801-1867) lived at the North Union Shaker village, near Warrensville, in Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Giles B. Avery, Journal or Diary of A Tour made by the Ministry of New Lebanon to the Shaker Societies in the Western States, Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio, V:B-163, MS 3944, August 20, 1862.
- ^ Gleanings from Old Shaker Journals, Compiled by Clara Endicott Sears. Houghton Mifflin. 1916-01-01.
- ^ a b c Scott Stafford, "Among Shakers, Inventions Common," Berkshire Eagle, June 3, 2010, https://www.berkshireeagle.com/stories/among-shakers-inventions-common,136108, accessed July 21, 2019.
- ^ "Great wheels: Knittyspin First Fall 2012". www.knitty.com. Retrieved 2016-05-06.
- ^ "Laundry/Machine Shop – Hancock Shaker Village". Hancock Shaker Village. Archived from the original on 2016-05-08. Retrieved 2016-05-06.