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[[File:Silas Randall Vise illustration.jpg|right|240px|thumb|Vice - illustration from patent application, 1890]] | |||
'''Silas Herbert Randall''' was a Cincinnati inventor who corresponded with Platonist [[Thomas M. Johnson|Thomas Moore Johnson]].<ref>Patrick D. Bowen and K. Paul Johnson, eds. ''Letters to the Sage: Selected Correspondence of Thomas Moore Johnson Volume One: The Esotericists''. Forest Grove, OR: The Typhon Press, 2016.</ref> | |||
== Personal life == | |||
'''Silas | |||
Randall was born on Jul 31, 1852 in Mystic, Connecticut to Silas Burrows Randall and his wife Emily Doane Randall. The family included another son, James D. Randall and daughters Helen and Emily.<ref>1880 U.S. Census.</ref> | |||
Silas H. Randall married Edith De Golyer and they had a daughter Jennie. | |||
Randall died on July 27, 1901 in Wyoming, Ohio, near Cincinnati.<ref>U.S. Find A Grave, 1600s-current for Silas Herbert Randall.</ref> | |||
== Inventions == | |||
His inventions included a vise, harness maker's press, leather punching machine, leather creasing machine, bracket, crupper former, collar-stuffer, and stitching horse.<ref>Google Patents.</ref> | |||
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Revision as of 20:49, 29 October 2018
Silas Herbert Randall was a Cincinnati inventor who corresponded with Platonist Thomas Moore Johnson.[1]
Personal life
Randall was born on Jul 31, 1852 in Mystic, Connecticut to Silas Burrows Randall and his wife Emily Doane Randall. The family included another son, James D. Randall and daughters Helen and Emily.[2]
Silas H. Randall married Edith De Golyer and they had a daughter Jennie. Randall died on July 27, 1901 in Wyoming, Ohio, near Cincinnati.[3]
Inventions
His inventions included a vise, harness maker's press, leather punching machine, leather creasing machine, bracket, crupper former, collar-stuffer, and stitching horse.[4]