Invention Timeline - Horace Parnell Tuttle, American Astronomer; Invented in 1857 a Method of Inserting a Steel Rifled Cord Into a Brass or Iron Cannon Which Was Adapted by European Countries
b. March 24, 1839 and d. ?
American astronomer. In 1857 he invented a method of inserting a steel rifled cord into brass or iron cannon, which method is extensively used by European countries, but a patent for which was refused by the United States patent office. In 1861 he devised a method of signalling at long distances by using flashes made by a Drummond light, to correspond to the dots and dashes of the Morse telegraph system. He discovered thirteen comets between 1857 and 1866, and in 1861-1862 the asteroids Maia and Clytie. He computed the Pay Tables of the United States Navy (Washington, 1872).
I want the genius to conceive,
The talents to unfold
Designs-the vicious to retrieve;
The virtuous to uphold;
Inventive power, combining skill;
A persevering soul,
Of human hearts to mold the will,
And reach from pole to pole.
—The Wants of Man: John Quincy Adams
Wisdom consists in rating everything at its just
value, and always grasping the greater good,
though it may not be the nearer, or first to be
enjoyed.
—Mrs. Willard
600 B. C.—Chaldea. A chart of the heavens was made, in which 1,460 stars were correctly described.
