SAXTON, JOSEPH |
USA; England, 1799-1873, MIM PHIM |
Balance = U.S. Mint, Philadelphia, Pa.; Astronomical Clock, 1825 = X; Clock = Independence Hall Philadelphia, Pa. Electrical Machine = KEN. |
invented a magneto-electric machine in 1833; self-registering tide gauge devised by Saxton c.1845; automated Mr Troughton's dividing engine for use by the U.S. Coast Survey; etc. |
Huntington, Pa.; Philadelphia, Pa. (1837-73); 94 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa.; 24 Sussex Street, London (1831-37). |
Taylor 2(1997); Bedini 8; Frazier; USNM; Coffeen B. |
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