See also:

• ERASTUS, THOMAS (1524-1583)

ERASTUS See also:

• ERASTUS FAIRBANKS (1792–1864)

FAIRBANKS (1792–1864)  , See also:

• AMERICAN

American manufacturer, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in Brimfield, See also:

• MASSACHUSETTS (an Indian name, originally applied to a tribe of Indians)

Massachusetts, on the 28th of See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1792 . He studied See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law but abandoned it for See also:

• MERCANTILE (or COMMERCIAL) AGENCIES

mercantile pursuits, finally settling in St Johnsbury, See also:

• VERMONT

Vermont, where in 1824 he formed a See also:

• PARTNERSHIP (earlier forms, partener, parcener, from Late Lat. partionarius for partitionarius, from partitio, sharing, pars, part)

partnership with his See also:

• BROTHER

brother Thaddeus for the manufacture of stoves and ploughs . Subsequently the scales invented by Thaddeus were manufactured extensively . See also:

• ERASTUS, THOMAS (1524-1583)

Erastus was a member of the See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state legislature in 1836–1838, and See also:

• GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor of Vermont in 1852–1853 and 1860-1861, during his second See also:

• TERM

term rendering valuable aid in the equipment and despatch of troops in the See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early days of the See also:

• CIVIL

Civil See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War . His son See also:

• HORACE [QuINTus HORATIUS FLACCUS] (65-8 B.C.)

HORACE (1820–1888) became See also:

• PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

president of E . & T . See also:

• FAIRBANKS, ERASTUS (1792–1864)

Fairbanks & Co. in 1874, and was governor of Vermont from 1876 to 1878 . His brother, THADDEUS FAIRBANKS (1796-1886), inventor, was born at Brimfield, Massachusetts, on the 17th of See also:

• JANUARY

January 1796 . He early manifested a See also:

• GENIUS (from Lat. genere, gignere)

genius for See also:

• MECHANICS

mechanics and designedthe See also:

• MODELS

models from which he and his brother manufactured stoves and ploughs at St Johnsbury, In 1826 he patented a See also:

• CAST (from the verb meaning " to throw "; the word is Scand. in origin, cf. Dan. kaste, and Swed. kasta; " cast " in Middle Eng. took the place of the A.S. weor pan, cf. Ger. werf en)

cast-See also:

• IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron plough which was extensively used . The growing of See also:

• HEMP (in O. Eng. henep, cf. Dutch hennep, Ger. Hanf , cognate with Gr. Kavval3er, Lat. cannabis)

hemp was an important See also:

• INDUSTRY (Lat. industria, from indu-, a form of the pre, position in, and either stare, to stand, or struere, to pile up)

industry in the vicinity of St Johnsbury, and in 1831 Fairbanks invented a hemp-dressing See also:

• MACHINE
• MACHINE (through Fr. from Lat. form machina of Gr. µnxavil)

machine . By the old contrivances then in use, the weighing of loads of hemp-See also:

• STRAW

straw was tedious and difficult, and in 1831 Fairbanks invented his famous See also:

• COMPOUND
• COMPOUND (from Lat. componere, to combine or put together)

compound-See also:

• LEVER (through O. Fr. leveour, levere, mod. levier, from Lat. levare, to lift, raise)
• LEVER, CHARLES JAMES (1806-1872)

lever See also:

• PLATFORM (Fr. plateforme, i.e. ground plan)

platform See also:

• SCALE
• SCALE (1) A

scale, which marked a See also:

• GREAT

great advance in the construction of See also:

• MACHINES

machines for weighing bulky and heavy See also:

• OBJECTS

objects . He subsequently obtained more than fifty See also:

• PATENTS

patents for improvements or innovations in scales and in machinery used in their manufacture, the last being granted on his ninetieth birthday .

His See also:

• FIRM

firm, eventually known as E . & T . Fairbanks & Co., went into the manufacture of scales of all sizes, in which these inventions were utilized . He, with his See also:

• BROTHERS, RICHARD (1757-1824)

brothers, Erastus and See also:

• JOSEPH
• JOSEPH, COMTE DE (1785-1870)
• JOSEPH, FATHER (FRANCOIS LECLERC DU TREMBLAY) (1577-1638)

Joseph P., founded the St Johnsbury See also:

• ACADEMY, GREEK
• ACADEMY, ROYAL

Academy . He died at St Johnsbury on the 12th of See also:

• APRIL

April 1886 . The latter's son See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

HENRY, born in 1830 at St Johnsbury, Vermont, graduated at See also:

• DARTMOUTH
• DARTMOUTH, EARL OF

Dartmouth See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College in 1853 and at See also:

• ANDOVER

Andover Theological See also:

• SEMINARY (Lat. seminarium, from semen, seed)

Seminary in 1857, and was See also:

• PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

professor of natural See also:

• PHILOSOPHY (Gr. gthos, fond of, and vo4 (a, wisdom)

philosophy at Dartmouth from 1859 to 1865 and of natural See also:

• HISTORY

history from 1865 to 1868 . In the following See also:

• YEAR

year he patented a See also:

• GRAIN (derived through the French from Lat. granum, seed, from an Aryan root meaning " to wear down," which also appears in the common Teutonic word " corn ")

grain-scale and thenceforth devoted himself to the scale manufacturing business of his See also:

• FAMILY

family . Altogether he obtained more than See also:

• THIRTY

thirty patents for See also:

• MECHANICAL

mechanical devices .