The story behind the man with the invention of a lifetime, one of the extremely confusing but extremely useful tools of mankind.
Samuel W. Francis was born into a family of doctors. He was the founder of the Sanitary Defense Foundation, which later led to the creation of the Department of Health in New York City. But he is also famous as an inventor… weird, confusing things.
One of his great inventions.
He created a brush with stiff bristles, a cane with a coin inside to pay for the bus from afar without having to leave his seat, a coffin that could open the lid to save those who were mistakenly buried… But The greatest, most worthy of immortality is probably the spoon/fork or spoon/fork in the Southern language.
For the sake of the consistency of the article, please allow me to call this miraculous invention the spoon-fork
People still think that spoons and forks are made for a quick meal or for children to eat safely. But its inventor was not a gourmet himself, he was one of New York’s medical experts.
His father Samuel Ward Francis is Dr. John W. Francis, a famous doctor and also a prominent figure in New York. It seems that Samuel inherited creativity as well as a passion for medicine from his father, because John Francis was also an inventor. He combined three types of laxatives into one healing pill, perhaps in the same way his son combined spoon and fork.
The typewriter that Mr. Francis invented.
He is also an inventor of many things
And many of those inventions are a bit… confusing. Very few products are actually made. Here is one of such products:
A matchbox is on the INSIDE wall of the box, instead of on the outside.
Remedy for burns with a glass glove . The patient will wear such a device, which will be filled with a healing solution. This solution will be drained out through a hole in the little finger.
However, there was also something useful: In 1857, he invented a typewriter model that was able to type in the correct position every time the word of the paper moved. He created this as a student, and this machine probably led the revolution in the invention of the typewriter later.
He is also an author who has written many books, and believes that God created mosquitoes to ward off humans from certain lands.
These theories show that Francis is a very creative person, always putting his brain in an active state, constantly diving into the mysteries of the world. In his book Curious Facts That Worry Man and Nature , he argues that mosquitoes “were created with the purpose of driving people out of malaria-ridden lands”.
Many of his other books are autobiographies, biographies or other theories about this world. Next to it was a book on the history of water on this planet, a self-written short story and a novel called Life and Death.
However, as Vox points out, none of the books speak to the splendor of the spoon-fork. However, the books, the other theories still point to a creative personality in Mr. Francis.
But unfortunately, he passed away without knowing how famous the spoon-fork was
Unfortunately, he did not witness the success of this brainchild of his.
We know nothing about the story of how he made this spoon-fork. Perhaps during some luxurious meal, he picked up a spoon and a fork, deciding that it would be a waste of time to arrange many things when he could put them together.
Unfortunately, he did not witness the success of this brainchild of his. In 1951, a man named Hyde W. Ballard patented the name “spork” , which is a combination of “spoon” and “fork”. But few people know that the patent for this thing must have belonged to Francis, who was almost a hundred years ahead of his time.
Don’t look at the inventions that are nowhere to be judged that Mr. Francis is not normal. He was a respected doctor, a learned historian, an inventor, a restless brain that was not suitable for contemporary society.
He died in 1886, at his vacation home in Newport, Rhode Island. The New York Times had an obituary stating how much he was loved. “He was known and respected by the people of Newport, as well as those in the area. His kind and gentle nature was loved by everyone.”
Next time you see an image of a spoon-fork, a fork/fork/fork/spoon, remember the story of the doctor, author, and inventor Samuel Ward Francis .