Maria Christina Bruhn was Sweden’s first female inventor in the field of military technology. Born in Stockholm in 1732, she...
Countess Eva Ekeblad née Eva De La Gardie (10/07/1724 – 15/05/1786) was born into the Swedish aristocracy, and was a...
Evans (September 13, 1755 – April 15, 1819) was an American inventor, engineer and businessman. In the early 1780s Evans’s...
James Herbert Venn was born on 30th December 1921 at Furze Platt in Maidenhead. He developed an interest in mills...
Helen Major (1927 – 2013) was an amateur historian and an active volunteer at the Mills Archive. Helen was well...
Sarah Tabitha Babbitt (12 August 1779-10 December1853) is believed to have invented the first circular saw for use in a...
A Malawian inventor and author. After reading a book called Using Energy, he decided to create a makeshift wind turbine....
Name: Willard Garfield Weston Birth: 26 February 1898, Toronto, Canada. Death: 22 October 1978, Toronto, Canada. Occupation: Biscuit manufacturer; Businessman; Mill-Owner. Notable Accomplishments: Worked...
Name: William Watson Ogilvie Birth: 15 February 1835 in Montreal, Canada. Death: 12 January 1900 in Montreal, Canada. Education: Attended the High School of...
Name: Cadwallader Colden Washburn Birth: April, 1818, Livermore, Maine. Death: May 1882, Eureka Springs, Arkansas. Education: Attended the district school but was otherwise...
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