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Seth Boyden

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American inventor (1788-1870)

United StatesScientistsLived 1788 to 1870 · aged 81
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Seth Boyden was an American inventor. Boyden perfected the process for making patent leather, created malleable iron, invented a nail-making machine, and built his own steamboat. He is also credited with having invented a cut off switch for steam engines and a method for producing zinc from ore.

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2006National Inventors Hall of Fame

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Seth Boyden was an American inventor. Boyden perfected the process for making patent leather, created malleable iron, invented a nail-making machine, and built his own steamboat. He is also credited with having invented a cut off switch for steam engines and a method for producing zinc from ore. At the time of his death, he told friends that he had, even at that time, enough experiments on hand to last two whole lifetimes.

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United States
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Scientists
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Scientist
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deceased
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Lived 1788 to 1870 · aged 81
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