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Nathan Ames
Nathan Ames (November 17, 1826 in Roxbury, New Hampshire – August 17, 1865 in Saugus, Massachusetts)〔(Bench and Bar of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts By William Thomas Davis, p. 238 )〕 was a patent solicitor who held the first patent in the United States for an escalator-like machine. The patent (#25,076) was granted on August 9, 1859 for an invention he called "Revolving Stairs".〔(THE EXECUTIVE DOCUMENTS By SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES, p.535 )〕〔(''Fascinating facts about the invention of the Escalator by Nathan Ames in 1859'' from Ideafinder.com )〕 The escalator had steps mounted on a continuous belt or chain. He also patented machines for improvement in polishing leather during the time when Lynn's shoemaking industry was one of the largest in the world. Another one of his patents was for a polygraph, an early copying machine that operated by using pens connected by wires.〔(Annual of Scientific Discovery: Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and Art, p.108 )〕 Another patent he held was for an improved grater.〔(House Documents, Otherwise Publ. as Executive Documents: 13th Congress, p.385 )〕
A writer and a poet, Ames has a disquisition and a Class Ode published during his time at Harvard. His book of poetry ''Pirate’s Glen and Dungeon Rock'' was published in 1853. These poems were based the local pirate legend of Dungeon Rock.〔(Pirates' Glen and Dungeon Rock By Nathan Ames )〕
His brother Joseph was an American portrait artist.
Ames was educated at Phillips Academy, Andover, and Harvard.
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