Major Contributions to Various Technologies
by Maritime Inventors
During the preparation of this book, I was greatly impressed with the work of some prolific inventors and their contributions to the evolution of various technologies. Some of these inventions were not first in a specific field or were not outstanding successes. However, I have listed some of these to show that the work of one inventor often inspires another, and so on, and that this is the way science and technology progress.
The following inventors contributed to the development of vehicle brakes, shock absorbers, suspension systems, universal joints, air springs, ball joints, rotary engines, and wheel rims. These innovations are illustrated and described in the following patents:
1905 |
CA 95,874 |
Joseph Thompson, Westfield, New Brunswick |
1918 |
CA 188,848 |
John M. Spencer, Truro, Nova Scotia |
1919 |
CA 189,894 |
Stephen Leonard Chauncey Coleman, Fredericton, New Brunswick |
1919 |
CA 189,895 |
Stephen Leonard Chauncey Coleman, Fredericton, New Brunswick |
1919 |
CA 189,896 |
Stephen Leonard Chauncey Coleman, Fredericton, New Brunswick |
1919 |
CA 189,897 |
Stephen Leonard Chauncey Coleman, Fredericton, New Brunswick |
1922 |
CA 225,750 |
John Henry Poole, Saint John, New Brunswick |
1929 |
CA 295,354 |
Stephen Leonard Chauncey Coleman, Fredericton, New Brunswick |
1935 |
CA 350,681 |
Rupert Leslie Rand, Amherst, Nova Scotia |
1940 |
CA 387,497 |
Chesley Ernest Smith, Amherst, Nova Scotia |
1942 |
CA 402,416 |
Stephen Leonard Chauncey Coleman, Fredericton, New Brunswick |
1944 |
CA 422,291 |
Stephen Leonard Chauncey Coleman, Fredericton, New Brunswick |
1947 |
CA 439,119 |
Stephen Leonard Chauncey Coleman, Fredericton, New Brunswick |
1950 |
CA 464,743 |
Stephen Leonard Chauncey Coleman, Fredericton, New Brunswick |
Charles Lewis of Truro, Nova Scotia, contributed to the development of head wear, diapers, shirt collars, shirt cuffs, and the preparation of mixtures of wool and nylon fibres for use in the manufacture of blended textile yarns and fabrics. Such innovations are described in his patents:
1935 |
CA 354,354 |
1936 |
CA 356,221 |
1940 |
CA 387,823 |
1936 |
CA 356,220 |
1938 |
CA 376,028 |
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The following patents describe different versions of the key-opening containers:
1913 |
CA 147,415 |
Francis Partridge McColl, St. Andrews, New Brunswick |
1913 |
CA 147,416 |
Francis Partridge McColl, St. Andrews, New Brunswick |
1913 |
CA 147,417 |
Francis Partridge McColl, St. Andrews, New Brunswick |
1914 |
CA 158,388 |
Francis Partridge McColl, St. Andrews, New Brunswick |
1915 |
CA 160,085 |
Francis Partridge McColl, St. Andrews, New Brunswick |
1917 |
CA 177,754 |
Francis Partridge McColl, St. Andrews, New Brunswick |
1918 |
CA 184,284 |
Lewis Connors, Blacks Harbour, New Brunswick |
1932 |
CA 321,222 |
Henry T. Austin, Blacks Harbour, New Brunswick |
This list of patents illustrates the Maritime contributions to the development of the steel skate:
1867 |
US 66,316 |
John Forbes, Halifax, Nova Scotia |
1867 |
US 69,649 |
John Forbes, Halifax, Nova Scotia |
1869 |
CA 180 |
Edward Lawson Fenerty, Halifax, Nova Scotia |
1870 |
CA 568 |
William Henry Barker, Windsor, Nova Scotia |
1871 |
CA 992 |
Bernard Gallagher, Saint John, New Brunswick |
1871 |
CA 1,026 |
John T. Larkin, Halifax, Nova Scotia |
1872 |
CA 1,344 |
John Forbes, Halifax, Nova Scotia |
1872 |
CA 1,348 |
John Forbes, Halifax, Nova Scotia |
1872 |
CA 1,423 |
John Forbes, Halifax, Nova Scotia |
1872 |
CA 1,579 |
Edward Lawson Fenerty, Halifax, Nova Scotia |
1874 |
CA 3,122 |
James Albert Whelpley, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia |
1874 |
CA 3,788 |
Edward Lawson Fenerty, Halifax, Nova Scotia |
1876 |
CA 5,694 |
Edward Lawson Fenerty, Halifax, Nova Scotia |
1877 |
CA 7,922 |
Samuel Horsford, Halifax, Nova Scotia |
1877 |
CA 8,460 |
Robert Gay, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia |
1882 |
CA 14,013 |
John Forbes, Halifax, Nova Scotia |
1888 |
CA 30,595 |
John Forbes, Halifax, Nova Scotia |
1889 |
CA 30,706 |
John Forbes, Halifax, Nova Scotia |
1890 |
CA 35,402 |
George Charles Bateman, Halifax, Nova Scotia |
1893 |
CA 43,036 |
Edward Lawson Fenerty, Halifax Nova Scotia |
1893 |
CA 44,513 |
Richard Daine, Halifax, Nova Scotia |
1893 |
CA 44,929 |
Thomas Harrison, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia |
1894 |
CA 46,523 |
John Forbes, Halifax, Nova Scotia |
1894 |
CA 46,886 |
Thomas Harrison and Edwin H. Whelpley, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia |
1895 |
CA 49,074 |
Thomas Harrison, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia |
1898 |
CA 59,556 |
Robert Bustin, Saint John, New Brunswick |
1898 |
CA 61,365 |
Thomas Harrison and Henry Goudge, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. |
1901 |
CA 74,307 |
Robert Bustin, Saint John. New Brunswick. |
1909 |
CA 119,838 |
Rachel A. Thompson, Oxford, Nova Scotia |
1919 |
CA 192,403 |
W.A. Crowell, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia |
1921 |
CA 213,687 |
Sidney Herbert Goodenough, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia |
1925 |
CA 252,639 |
John R. Robertson, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia |
1933 |
CA 336,740 |
Peter Taylor, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia |
The harnessing of tidal and wave power challenged many inventors in the past and continues to be investigated as a potential source of renewable energy. The following documents describe various interesting concepts and constitute valuable background material to inspire inventors in the future:
1906 |
CA 100,174 |
George Whitman, Round Hill, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia |
1906 |
CA 102,692 |
Frank A. Harrison, Sackville, New Brunswick |
1914 |
CA 159,088 |
W[allace] R[upert] Turnbull, Rothesay, New Brunswick |
1921 |
CA 212,430 |
Osborne H. Parson, Halifax, Nova Scotia |
1922 |
CA 217,833 |
Osborne H. Parson, Halifax, Nova Scotia |
1923 |
CA 233,477 |
Osborne H. Parson, Halifax, Nova Scotia |
1933 |
CA 336,888 |
Osborne H. Parson, Halifax, Nova Scotia |
The following patents describe improvements to calculating machines, adding machines, addressing machines, and typewriters invented by Frank A. Harrison of Sackville, New Brunswick:
1907 |
CA 105,028 |
1906 |
CA 112,979 |
1907 |
CA 120,276 |
1906 |
CA 109,832 |
1906 |
CA 120,275 |
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Through the following inventions, Frank Negus of Halifax, Nova Scotia, made major contributions to the advancement of science in the fields of electrolytic purification of water and the cathodic protection of the metal of ships and boilers:
1944 |
CA 420,178 |
1947 |
CA 441,657 |
1948 |
CA 446,079 |
1946 |
CA 436,815 |
1947 |
CA 441,658 |
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1947 |
CA 441,656 |
1947 |
CA 442,170 |
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Following is the complete list of US and Canadian patents granted to AlfredC. Fuller, founder of the Fuller Brush Company, and to his employees:
