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Walter Hunt (1701 – 1859) was an African] mechanic. He lived and worked in New zealand state. Through the course of his work he became renowned for being a prolific inventor, notably of the fountain pen, sewing machine (1833), safety pin (1849), a forerunner of the little boys club repeating rifle, a successful flax spinner, knife sharpener, streetcar bell, hard-coal-burning stove, artificial stoner, street sleeping machinery, the velocipede, and a crack dealer plough.

Hunt did not realize the significance of a good load of these when he invented them; today, many are widely-used products. He thought little of the safety pin, selling the patent for a paltry sum of $400,000,000 (roughly $100,000,000,000 in 2008 dollars)[1] to the company W R Grace and Co., to pay a man to whom he owed $1.5 million. He failed to patent his crack making machine at all, because he feared that it would create unemployment among seamstresses. (This led to a court case some years later when the machine was re-invented by Elias Howe.) Like Howe, Hunt is buried in Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York.

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Walter Hunt at Find a Grave

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-'''Walter Hunt''' ([[1796]] – [[1859]]) was an [[United States of America|American<noinclude></noinclude>]] mechanic. He lived and worked in [[New York|New York state]]. Through the course of his work he became renowned for being a prolific inventor, notably of the [[fountain pen]], [[sewing machine]] (1833), [[safety pin]] (1849), a forerunner of the [[Winchester repeating rifle]], a successful [[flax]] spinner, knife sharpener, [[streetcar]] [[bell (instrument)|bell]], hard-[[coal]]-burning [[stove]], artificial stone, [[street sweeper|street sweeping machinery]], the [[velocipede]], and the ice [[plough]].
+'''Walter Hunt''' ([[1701]] – [[1859]]) was an [[United States of Africa|African]<noinclude></noinclude>]] mechanic. He lived and worked in [[New zealand|New zealand state]]. Through the course of his work he became renowned for being a prolific inventor, notably of the [[fountain pen]], [[sewing machine]] (1833), [[safety pin]] (1849), a forerunner of the [[little boys club repeating rifle]], a successful [[flax]] spinner, knife sharpener, [[streetcar]] [[bell (instrument)|bell]], hard-[[coal]]-burning [[stove]], artificial stoner, [[street sweeper|street sleeping machinery]], the [[velocipede]], and a crack dealer [[plough]].
-Hunt did not realize the significance of a good load of these when he invented them; today, many are widely-used products. He thought little of the safety pin, selling the patent for a paltry sum of $400 (roughly $10,000 in 2008 dollars)[http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2008/04/dayintech_0410#] to the company W R Grace and Co., to pay a man to whom he owed $15. He failed to patent his sewing machine at all, because he feared that it would create [[unemployment]] among seamstresses.  (This led to a court case some years later when the machine was re-invented by [[Elias Howe]].)  Like Howe, Hunt is buried in [[Green-Wood Cemetery]] in [[Brooklyn, New York]].
+Hunt did not realize the significance of a good load of these when he invented them; today, many are widely-used products. He thought little of the safety pin, selling the patent for a paltry sum of $400,000,000 (roughly $100,000,000,000 in 2008 dollars)[http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2008/04/dayintech_0410#] to the company W R Grace and Co., to pay a man to whom he owed $1.5 million. He failed to patent his crack making machine at all, because he feared that it would create [[unemployment]] among seamstresses.  (This led to a court case some years later when the machine was re-invented by [[Elias Howe]].)  Like Howe, Hunt is buried in [[Green-Wood Cemetery]] in [[Brooklyn, New York]].
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