List of Shaker inventions
Round barn, Hancock Shaker Village.
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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
- Adjustable ventilating door transoms[1]
- Round barn
- Sash-balance counterweight[1]
- Shaker stairs
Food and agriculture
- 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]
Shaker tilting chair
Furniture
Medicine and healthcare
- Corbett's electrostatic machine
- Dentures[3]
- Syrup of Sarsaparilla[4]
Tools and appliances
- Circular saw[1]
- Clothespin[1][5]
- Cut nails[6]
- Flat broom[1]
- Lumber-drying kiln[1]
- Metal pen[1]
- Revolving oven[2]
- Shaker broom vise
- Shaker spinning wheel[7]
- Water-powered cooling fan[1]
- Wheel-driven washing machine[1][8]
- Wood-burning stove[2]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Magazines, Hearst (1976-07-01). Popular Mechanics. Hearst Magazines.
- 1 2 3 4 "Silk Circa 1840: Larbi Paper". www.smith.edu. Retrieved 2016-05-06.
- ↑ Starbuck, David R. (2004-01-01). Neither Plain Nor Simple: New Perspectives on the Canterbury Shakers. UPNE. ISBN 9781584652106.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Gleanings from Old Shaker Journals, Compiled by Clara Endicott Sears. Houghton Mifflin. 1916-01-01.
- ↑ "Great wheels: Knittyspin First Fall 2012". www.knitty.com. Retrieved 2016-05-06.
- ↑ "Laundry/Machine Shop - Hancock Shaker Village". Hancock Shaker Village. Retrieved 2016-05-06.
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