Paul Pillsbury (inventor)

  • American


Paul Pillsbury was a notable American inventor of mechanical devises. - AsNotedIn


Timeline

Y/M/D Description Association Composition Place Locale Food Event
Y/M/D Description Association Composition Place Locale Food Event
1802/00/00 Paul Pillsbury buys the Dickinson Housein, 1801-1802. Home Dickinson-Pillsbury-Witham House Georgetown, MA
1803/00/00 Paul Pillsbury receives a patent for a corn sheller, a devise that strips kernels from ears of corn. Inventor
1808/09/22 Paul Pillsbury receives a patent for a bark-grinding machine. Although it is called a "great boon to local industry", Pillbury never sold his patent and was unable to make any money off his useful invention. Inventor
1815/00/00 Paul Pillsbury establishes a mill where he uses his own invention to manufacture pegs that can be use to attach heels to shoes. Pillsbury's system is so successful that by the late 1860s pegs are used in 90 percent of all shoes and boots made in America. Inventor
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