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  Patent for Safety Pin Issued April 10, 1849
Hunt's pin was made from one piece of wire, which was coiled into a spring at one end and a separate clasp and point at the other end, allowing the point of the wire to be forced by the spring into the clasp.
Walter Hunt was extremely creative, and in 1834 he built America's first sewing machine, which also used the first eye-pointed needle.
Hunt's patent, as well as the more than six million patents issued since the first in 1790 and the 2.3 million trademarks registered since 1870, can be seen on the Department of Commerce's U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Web site at www.uspto.gov.
www.uspto.gov /web/offices/com/speeches/02-25.htm   (180 words)

  
 Safety Pin   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Walter Hunt had to think of a way on how to pay back a fifteen dollar debt.
The man whom Hunt had borrowed the money from was the one who gave him the piece of wire and told him he would pay him four hundred dollars for all the rights to whatever Walter Hunt created.
Walter Hunt's improvement was very helpful to all.
www.sjmv.org /Campus/Class/scinventors/safetypin/SafetyPin.html   (384 words)

  
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Walter Reuben (1887-1977) and Winnifred Mary Strayer Hunt would die in 1977 and be the last of the Hunt Clan in Fayette.
Hunt contributed much labor at the time the church basement and fireplace were constructed from rocks gathered in all parts of the world and in every state of the union.
Hunt are well know as he has always lived here and she has spent the most of her days near Fayette and they have the best wishes of their many friends as they start out on the journey together.
www.angelfire.com /ia2/z2/huntdata.htm   (11517 words)

  
 Today in Technology History - Apr 10
The safety pin was invented by Walter Hunt of New York City.
Hunt was an inventor who failed to capitalize on his many creations -- including certain types of guns, stoves and pens.
Hunt's contribution was to fold the pin back around itself so it formed a spring to keep the pin from slipping.
www.tecsoc.org /pubs/history/2001/apr10.htm   (284 words)

  
 Written biography of Walter Hunt | Life of Walter Hunt   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Walter Hunt (1796-1859) was a nineteenth century inventor who created many practical things, as well as a few unusual ones.
However, he failed to profit from any of his inventions.Walter Hunt was the first of thirteen children born to Sherman and Rachel Hunt on July 29, 1796 in Martinsburg, New York.
Most of Hunt's family and friends, including his younger brother Hiram Hunt, were in the business of spinning wool and cotton.
www.newessay.com /biographies/Walter_Hunt-34522.html   (226 words)

  
 Inventions of the 1840s
Walter Hunt was rewarded with pictures in the newspapers and people talking about him all over his town.
Walter Hunt was born in Susanna, New York.
Walter Hunt came across the idea to invent this because he was playing with wire and saw that if he curled it it could be a safety pin.
www.d118.s-cook.k12.il.us /South/palosbday/invent   (404 words)

  
 Burlington Paintings - Walter Hunt
Walter Hunt was born in 1861 into a highly artistic family.
His father Charles Hunt was a painter of genre scenes, and his brother Edgar Hunt is well known for his portraits of chickens, goats and rabbits.
Hunt is best known for his paintings of farmyard scenes, particularly of calves, horses and dogs.
www.burlington.co.uk /gallery/artist/biography?contentId=1323   (174 words)

  
 WALTER HUNT 9637 - PAIR   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Walter Hunt painted farmyard scenes in a style similar to Edgar, especially barn interiors with donkeys and calves, but he went further afield for his subjects and included sporting scenes in his oeuvre.
Walter was quite original in his painting of animals and figures and particularly excellent in his representation of ponies and calves.
Not that he is ineffective in his portrayal of form, texture and character of other species - for he is truly magnificent in all - but these seem to be his favourite subjects and attract notice by their positions in his paintings and the evident care bestowed on their delineation.
www.haynesfineart.com /newstock/hunt9637.htm   (176 words)

  
 Stripe Main Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Hunt's responsibilities required him to coordinate with both Fort Belvoir and Fort Meade installations, including preparing professional filler personnel assigned to the 85th General Hospital for their month-long Joint Readiness Training Center mission at Fort Polk, La.
Hunt claims that the new assignment has been challenging, but the experience has forced him to improve his time management-skills.
Still another new job is in Hunt's immediate future: he and his wife Lorri expect their first child on Christmas Day.
www.dcmilitary.com /army/stripe/archives/aug28/str_e82898.html   (460 words)

  
 Amazon.ca: Books: The Dark Path   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
If I didn't know Walter Hunt personally, I would wonder what kind of deranged mind could conjure up not just one, but at least two entirely alien races, complete with their own unique mythologies and philosophies.
Hunt, and I know that these aliens have inhabited his imagination for many, many years, perhaps since his high school days.
Hunt captures the essence of Homer's THE ODYSSEY and places it in the distant future, where Faster-Than-Light travel is possible and humans reach out to explore an unknown (and perhaps unknowable) universe.
www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/0765306069   (1260 words)

  
 Reviews for The Dark Path by Walter Hunt   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Walter Hunt's debut novel, The Dark Wing was favorably compared to Ender's Game, Babylon 5, Honor Harrington, and C. Forester.
Walter Hunt lives in the suburbs of Boston, Massachusetts.
The Dark Path is the sequel to The Dark Wing, his first novel.
www.galactium.com /books_DarkPath.html   (215 words)

  
 Walter_hunt   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
The book also goes in directions that I would not have expected it to go providing it with a satisfactory conclusion which is more than I can say for most books of this ilk...
One of the Better Efforts in Space Opera Lately : First.time novelist Walter H. Hunt is surely a writer to watch, writing credible space opera that harkens to some of the finest I have seen from the likes of Gordon Dickson and Jerry Pournelle, to name but a few...
It is also window into a 24th century that may be, a detailed blending of the physics common to hard SF with less concrete "sensitives" and communal alien minds...
books.mysic.ca /Author/Walter_Hunt   (416 words)

  
 Safety Pin: Inventions - EnchantedLearning.com
Hunt's pin was made by twisting a length of wire.
Hunt invented the safety pin in order to pay a debt of $15; he eventually sold the rights to his patent for $400.
Walter Hunt was a mechanic who lived in New York, New York ; he developed many other inventions, including an early sewing machine, a new type of fountain pen, and a new knife sharpener.
www.enchantedlearning.com /inventors/page/s/safetypin.shtml   (167 words)

  
 Sewing Machines
Walter Hunt was born in New York and spent most of his adulthood as an inventor.
Hunt did not consider his invention any more promising than several of his other inventions, and he sold his interest for a small sum.
During the next 33 years, Hunt obtained 26 patents, for inventions as diverse as a coach alarm, an ice boat, and a fountain pen.
www.moah.org /exhibits/virtual/sewing.html   (3363 words)

  
 Agile Writer - Biography and History - Walter Hunt -- Inventing for Pin Money
One day in 1849, mechanic and amateur inventor Walter Hunt (1796-1859) sat at his desk twisting a piece of brass wire around in his fingers.
Hunt received a patent for what he called "a new and useful improvement in the make or form of dress-pins." He later sold the patent for $400.
Hunt was a prolific inventor who patented over 100 inventions including; a fountain pen, repeating rifle, rifle cartridge, a flax spinner, knife sharpener, a restaurant steam table, streetcar bell, coal-burning stove, artificial stone, road sweeping machinery, velocipedes (an early bicycle), ice plough, a tree cutting saw, an ice-breaker, inkstand and a shoe heel.
www.agilewriter.com /Biography/WalterHunt.htm   (357 words)

  
 Safety Pin History - Invention of the Safety Pin   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Walter Hunt had no trouble thinking up new ideas.
One day in 1849 Walter Hunt wanted to pay a fifteen-dollar debt to a friend.
On April 10, 1849 Walter Hunt was awarded a patent for what he called a "dress pin," a simple device made of wire.
www.ideafinder.com /history/inventions/story019.htm   (442 words)

  
 Walter J. Hunt Jr.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Born in Lawrence, Mass., and educated in North Andover, Mass., he graduated from North Andover High School in 1961 and Bentley College with a bachelor's degree in accounting in 1975.
Hunt served as an air freight specialist in the Air Force during the Vietnam conflict, reaching the rank of staff sergeant.
He leaves wife Margaret R. (Hikel) Hunt; son Jeremy J. of Amesbury, Mass.; daughter Amy T. of Manchester; brother Edward F. of Mary Del, Del.; two granddaughters; and several nieces and nephews.
www.eagletribune.com /news/stories/20031118/OB_004.htm   (230 words)

  
 The Proceedings of the Old Bailey, London 1674 to 1834
Walter Hunt, theft : simple grand larceny, 9th October, 1689.
Walter Hunt of Stepney Tryed for stealing from William Biggs on the 5th of September two pair of sheets value 10 s.
Biggs, and another, who said that the Table Cloth, and some other things were found upon a Line in Hunt's House, which he denied, and said that they were given him by one George Wood, but could not prove it, and had no Witness on his side.
www.oldbaileyonline.org /html_units/1680s/t16891009-20.html   (126 words)

  
 Walter Hunt Biography / Biography of Walter Hunt Biographies
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All biographies listed are included in the Walter Hunt Biography Pass.
Each Biography is written by a biographical expert or professional educator and is a complete resource on the individual.
www.bookrags.com /biography/walter-hunt   (98 words)

  
 Inventors Web Sites For Science Teachers
The Magnificent Safety Pin - Walter Hunt is credited with inventing this, at least in modern times.
National Inventors Hall of Fame- Celebrates inventors, and has indexes of inventors with brief biographies, and an index of inventions so you can find out who is credited with which invention.
Walter Hunt Inventor Of The Safety Pin - Read about Walter Hunt who invented lots of things, including the safety pin.
www.teach-nology.com /teachers/subject_matter/science/engineering/inventors   (264 words)

  
 The Proceedings of the Old Bailey, London 1674 to 1834
Walter Hunt, theft : simple grand larceny, 14th October, 1685.
Walter Hunt, of the Parish of St. Mary White-Chappel, Indicted for stealing an Iron Handle of a Pump, October the 1st.
It was proved the Prisoner confessed he had stolen the Pump Handle; which not denying on his Tryal, he was found guilty to the value of 10 d.
www.oldbaileyonline.org /html_units/1680s/t16851014-3.html   (96 words)

  
 Tee Morris >:< Appearances :: The BASIC TRAINING Micro-Tour
Walter Hunt’s successful Military Science Fiction epics, The Dark Wing and The Dark Path, are set centuries in the future and delve deep into both the politics and the procedures of war in the farthest reaches of the universe.
The three will hold a panel discussion entitled “Semper SciFi” with Tee addressing the history and evolution of soldiers and combat as it is known today; Tony looking at present day military, covert operations, and the potential of such missions in the Horror genre; and Walt looking at the future of combat in zero gravity.
Their team-up has worked out so well that TOR author Walter Hunt wanted “a piece of the action”, so the three feature their works, inspirations, and points-of-view in a panel talk entitled “Semper SciFi”.
www.teemorris.com /appearances/signings/bt-ssf.html   (409 words)

  
 SciFan: Writer: Walter H. Hunt (bibliography, books, series, web links)
Walter H. Hunt has a Bachelor of Arts degree from Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine, with a major in European History and Germanic Languages.
A member of the Freemasons, Walter H. Hunt has served as Master of two different Lodges in Massachusetts.
Walter H. Hunt lives in the suburbs of Boston, MA.
scifan.com /writers/hh/HuntHWalter.asp   (233 words)

  
 The Dark Path -- Walter H. Hunt
For those (including myself) who haven't read that book, the essential background facts are these: The humans and the bird-like zor encountered each other and fought a long, bloody war, which ended when Admiral Marais overwhelmed the zor and horrified his fellow humans by wiping out all zor life on several of their colony worlds.
Hunt about this; star empires with hereditary power structures of various kinds are distressingly common in sf, and I nearly overlooked the lack of justification for it here, interpolating in my own explanation relying on information not being able to move faster than ships.
Blame for this should probably go more to Tor than to Walter Hunt; he wrote it, but they packaged it, and they could have warned the reader.
www.nesfa.org /reviews/Carey/darkpath.htm   (959 words)

  
 Walter Hunt Antique Farm Animals & Canine Dog Paintings & Prints
Walter Hunt - Calves by a Pond 1920
Walter Hunt - Feeding Time for the Donkeys and Rabbits 1880
Walter Hunt - Otterhounds On the Scent - 1904 - 8x10 Inches - Original Image Size
store.encore-editions.com /Artists/Walter_Hunt.html   (137 words)

  
 Walter Hunt Art Prints Posters and Pictures to buy in the UK
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Born in Wandsworth, London in 1861, Walter Hunt was a painter of animals.
His painting, The Dog In The Manger, was purchased by Chantrey Bequest in 1885.
en.easyart.com /art_prints/artists/Walter-Hunt-4775.html   (116 words)

  
 Review of The Dark Wing by Walter H. Hunt
Author Walter H. Hunt has written a novel that is both exciting and thought provoking.
Marais is an interesting character confronted with the moral decisions of whether to commit Xenocide and how to protect his soldiers from the reaction back on Earth.
Hunt skillfully uses secondary acters as point-of-view characters to maintain a high level of suspense.
www.booksforabuck.com /sfpages/dark_wing.html   (315 words)

  
 October 3 - Today in Science History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Major William Crawford Gorgas was a U.S. Army surgeon who contributed greatly to the building of the Panama Canal by introducing mosquito control to prevent yellow fever and malaria.
Originally, Gorgas doubted the conclusion of Walter Reed's Yellow Fever Commission in Cuba (1900) that the mosquito was the only means by which the disease spread.
It was Walter Hunt, in 1834, who built America's first sewing machine, then thought about it a destroyer of home stitchers' jobs, and didn't pursue it.
www.todayinsci.com /10/10_03.htm   (2405 words)

  
 Walter Hunt Jacobs, b: 1905 - Brewer, Maine   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Walter Hunt Jacobs, b: 1905 - Brewer, Maine
Jacobs, Kenneth Walter (4 JAN 1940 - 18 NOV 1992)
Jacobs, Walter Hunt (NOV 1905 - JUN 1968)
www.grandcestry.com /GedHTree/ghtout/ipj.htm   (338 words)

  
 Walter Hunt ALCOHOL AND BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES
Walter Isard Christine Smith Charles H Anderton - Arms Races, Arms Control, and Conflict Analysis: Contributions from Peace Science and Peace Economics
Walter Hutchinson - Hutchinsons History of the Nations 4vol
Walter J Burdette - Cancer: Etiology, Diagnosis, and Treatment
www.contemporaryliterature.com /240381_walter-hunt.html   (92 words)

  
 Walter Hunt Art Prints, Posters and Framed Art : WorldGallery.co.uk   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Browse and buy art prints and posters by Walter Hunt at WorldGallery.co.uk; leading online art gallery for modern and impressionist art, photography and more.
Select any art print or poster by Walter Hunt or browse other prints in our contemporary category.
WorldGallery.co.uk is the UK's leading online art gallery for art prints, posters and framed art, offering tens of thousands of art prints in hundreds of styles.
www.worldgallery.co.uk /art_prints/online_gallery/Hunt_Walter.htm   (117 words)

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