A new invented wheel for Mills, to work by the flowing of Tides, invented by Simon Willard, Junr. a native of Massachusetts, New England

Object Status:

Unlocated

Primary Source Reference:

Peale Museum Accessions Book, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 48

Notes:

Simon Willard, Jr. (1795-1874) was only about fifteen years old at the time of this donation and had just entered his father's (1753-1848) shop to help make clocks.

There is no mention of tides or mills in John Ware Willard, A History of Simon Willard, Inventor and Clockmaker (1911).