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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Timby, Theodore Ruggles 1822- (search)
Timby, Theodore Ruggles 1822- Inventor; born in Dover, N. Y., April 5, 1822. He conceived the idea of a revolving turret for military purposes when he was a lad. At the age of nineteen he made a model, and at the beginning of 1843 filed his first caveat in the United States Patent Office. He obtained other patents for improvthe national government several years before the time when Captain Coles, of the British navy, claims to have invented the turret. When the Civil War broke out, Mr. Timby perfected his invention and obtained a fifth patent —a broad one—for it was for a revolving tower for offensive or defensive warfare, whether used on land or wative or defensive warfare, whether used on land or water. The constructors of monitors, after the affray with the Merrimac, recognized the validity of Mr. Timby's claim, and paid him a liberal sum for the right to use his invention. He also invented the American turbine water-wheel and the method of firing ordnance by electric