Iles, George, 1852-1942 · New York, H. Holt and company · leaf 156
nding them intoforms needed in shipbuilding. He noticed that usually theseproducts were badly cracked and splintered on their outercurves. As the result of many experiments, he designed amachine which bent steamed timbers quite free from frac- THOMAS BLANCHARD 117 ture. Its curved links grasped a… … does little harm or none at all. His machine proved tobe by far the most lucrative of Blanchards inventions.For its applications to ship timbers he received $150,000. Italso profitably turned out handles for plows and other farm n8 LEADING AMERICAN INVENTORS tools, it curved felloes for wheels, it…
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