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Erastus Brigham Bigelow

Erastus Brigham Bigelow, American inventor (died 1879)

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Born
April 2, 1814
Died
December 6, 1879
Zodiac sign
Aries
Birth year
1814

About Erastus Brigham Bigelow

Erastus Brigham Bigelow was an American inventor of weaving machines. Bigelow founded the Bigelow Mechanics Institute in 1846, which is today known as the Bigelow Free Public Library located in Clinton, Massachusetts. He showed an inventive genius at the early age of 14, when he invented a machine to manufacture piping cord, for which he received $100. In 1838, he invented a power loom for weaving knotted counterpanes, and later a power loom to weave coach lace and took his brother, Horatio, in with him.

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Erastus Brigham Bigelow timeline

  1. In 1838, he invented a power loom for weaving knotted counterpanes, and later a power loom to weave coach lace and took his brother, Horatio, in with him.
  2. Bigelow founded the Bigelow Mechanics Institute in 1846, which is today known as the Bigelow Free Public Library located in Clinton, Massachusetts.

The world when Erastus Brigham Bigelow was born

Erastus Brigham Bigelow was born in 1814. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Headlines and milestones

  • Top headlineBritish burn Washington D.C.
  • Technology milestoneFirst practical steam locomotive for railways
  • World population~970M

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderJames Madison
  • U.S. population8.1M

1814 versus 2026

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Measure18142026
Population8.1M341 million

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