Tag: 1867

William Farr Goodwin was a diverse inventor. Two of his earlier inventions were for toys, the first of these being for a Mechanical Horse, then later a Walking Doll. UNITED STATES PATENTS Patent Number 61416 Goodwin Jan. 22, 1867 . See full patent for the Mechanical Horse here. Later on in 1876, we see reference to Goodwin …

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Zadoc P. Dederick's Steam Man appears to be the first of the Steam Men.  The Steam Man from Newark was so inspirational it generated many more Walking Machines, steam or otherwise, and also fictional stories, now seen as some of the earliest Science or Speculative Fiction (SF) written.   US Patent number: 75874 Issue date: …

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