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The Art of Angling, first published in 1651, is the first English language book to cite the use of fishing reels. 'Nottingham' and 'Scarborough' reel designs. The first English book on fishing is "A Treatise of Fishing with an Angle" in 1496 (its spelling respective to the manner of the date is The Treatyse of Fysshynge with an Angle [7] ').
George W. Snyder (c.1780 – February 10, 1841) was an American watchmaker, silversmith and inventor from Paris, Kentucky. He is credited with inventing the first American-made fishing reel in 1820. Kentucky Reel
The Great Fish Market, painted by Jan Brueghel the Elder. Fishing is a prehistoric practice dating back at least 70,000 years. Since the 16th century, fishing vessels have been able to cross oceans in pursuit of fish, and since the 19th century it has been possible to use larger vessels and in some cases process the fish on board.
Sir James Dyson (born 2 May 1947) [2] is a British inventor, industrial designer, farmer, and business magnate who founded the Dyson company. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] He is best known as the inventor of the bagless vacuum cleaner , which works on the principle of cyclonic separation .
James White (1762 – 17 December 1825) was an English civil engineer and inventor. Born in Cirencester , he held an intense interest in mechanics at a young age. Moving to London in the 1780s, he created and patented various inventions, including a differential gear train and a model harbor crane.
James Porteous (1848–1922) was the Scottish-American inventor of the Fresno scraper. [1]James Porteous was born in Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland.His father, William Porteous, had been a wheelwright and blacksmith who built and repaired carriages, wagons and farm equipment.
James Rumsey (1743 – December 21, 1792) was an American mechanical engineer chiefly known for exhibiting a boat propelled by machinery in 1787 on the Potomac River ...
James B. Hill (born November 29, 1856, near Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio, died in 1945 in Raceland, Louisiana) was an American inventor. [ 1 ] A 1902 Buckeye Traction Ditcher on display at the Hancock Historical Museum .