William Edwards (inventor)
Encyclopedia
William Edwards was an American
inventor, grandson of Jonathan Edwards, the elder. He was born in Elizabethtown
, New Jersey
. He introduced a valuable improvement in the manufacture of leather
, whereby tanning was accomplished in a quarter of the usual time. He invented machines which greatly advanced the production of leather in America.
United States
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inventor, grandson of Jonathan Edwards, the elder. He was born in Elizabethtown
Elizabeth, New Jersey
Elizabeth is a city in Union County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city had a total population of 124,969, retaining its ranking as New Jersey's fourth largest city with an increase of 4,401 residents from its 2000 Census population of 120,568...
, New Jersey
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
. He introduced a valuable improvement in the manufacture of leather
Leather
Leather is a durable and flexible material created via the tanning of putrescible animal rawhide and skin, primarily cattlehide. It can be produced through different manufacturing processes, ranging from cottage industry to heavy industry.-Forms:...
, whereby tanning was accomplished in a quarter of the usual time. He invented machines which greatly advanced the production of leather in America.