Seth Boyden

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Seth Boyden

Seth Boyden (November 17, 1788 – March 31, 1870) was an American

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inventor. He was the brother of Uriah A. Boyden

Uriah A. Boyden

Uriah Atherton Boyden was a Boston inventor and mechanical engineer. He was the brother of Seth Boyden.He designed a water turbine that became known as the Boyden turbine....
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A New England

New England

New England is a region of the United States located in the northeastern corner of the country, bounded by the Atlantic Ocean, Canada and New York State, and consisting of the modern U.S....
native (born in Foxboro, Massachusetts) who moved to Newark, New Jersey

Newark, New Jersey

Newark is the largest City in New Jersey, and the county seat of Essex County, New Jersey. Newark has a population of 281,402, making it not only List of Municipalities in New Jersey but also the 65th List of United States cities by population Newark is also home to major corporations, such as Prudential Financial....
, Boyden perfected the process for making patent leather

Patent leather

Patent leather is leather that has been given a high gloss, shiny finish. The original process was developed by Newark, New Jersey-based inventor Seth Boyden in 1818 with commercial manufacture beginning September 20, 1819....
, created malleable iron

Malleable iron

Malleable iron is the oldest member of the family of nodular irons. Like all nodular irons, malleable iron exhibits good ductility. Incorrectly considered by some to be an "old" or "dead" material, malleable iron still has a legitimate place in the design engineer's toolbox....
, invented a nail

Nail (engineering)

In engineering, woodworking and construction, a nail is a Pin -shaped, sharp object of hard metal, typically steel, used as a fastener. Nails for specialized purposes may also be made of stainless steel, brass or aluminium....
-making machine, and built his own steamboat

Steamboat

A steamboat or steamship, sometimes called a steamer, is a ship in which the primary method of propulsion is steam engine, typically driving propellers or paddlewheels....
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Seth Boyden (November 17, 1788 – March 31, 1870) was an American

United States

Uriah A. Boyden

Uriah Atherton Boyden was a Boston inventor and mechanical engineer. He was the brother of Seth Boyden.He designed a water turbine that became known as the Boyden turbine....
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A New England

New England

Newark, New Jersey

Patent leather

Malleable iron

Nail (engineering)

Steamboat

A steamboat or steamship, sometimes called a steamer, is a ship in which the primary method of propulsion is steam engine, typically driving propellers or paddlewheels....
. He is also credited with having invented a cut off switch for steam engines and a method for producing zinc from ore. At the time of his death, he told friends that he had, even at that time, enough experiments on hand to last two whole lifetimes.

Boyden began his work with malleable iron in 1820, when he was 32 years old. From observing the behavior of iron that stuck to the walls of his grandfather's forge, he had developed a theory about the heat treatment of iron. He completed his research in 1826, and won an award from the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia two years later.

Boyden rarely patent

Patent

A patent is a set of exclusive rights granted by a state to an inventor or his assignee for a term of patent in exchange for a disclosure of an invention....
ed his inventions, preferring instead to take individual contracts and to build and sell off businesses. He did make large sums from this, but not enough to support his research and to provide for his old age. During the last 15 years of his life, Boyden lived in near-poverty

Poverty

Poverty is the shortage of common things such as food, clothing, shelter and safe drinking water, all of which determine our quality of life. It may also include the lack of access to opportunities such as education and employment which aid the escape from poverty and/or allow one to enjoy the respect of fellow citizens....
in Hilton, New Jersey

New Jersey

New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States. It is bordered on the north by New York, on the east by the Hudson River and the Atlantic Ocean, on the southwest by Delaware, and on the west by Pennsylvania....
(now Maplewood, New Jersey

Maplewood, New Jersey

Maplewood is a township in Essex County, New Jersey, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the township population was 23,868....
) and developed a hybrid strawberry

Strawberry

Fragaria is the name of a genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, commonly known as strawberries for their edible fruits....
known as the Hilton strawberry.

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