Thaddeus Fairbanks

Biography

The passage credits him with the platform scale concept and first drive-on wagon scale in 1830, and credits him along with Mr. Morse with windmill patents and manufacture in 1893 and a commercially successful large gasoline engine in 1893.

Timeline

1830
Platform and wagon scales attributed to Thaddeus Fairbanks
The passage credits him with the platform scale concept and first drive-on scale for horse-drawn wagon loads.
History of the Guild Family
1893
Windmill patents and gasoline engine inventions
The passage attributes wind-driven engine patents and manufacture, and a commercially successful large gasoline-driven Fairbanks Morse engine, to this account of their collaboration.
History of the Guild Family

Stories mentioning Thaddeus

Inventive Hands and the Fortunes of an InheritanceNewton’s mills, repair shop, patents and royalties illustrate what the family calls the Guild tinkering trait. The account also credits Thaddeus Fairbanks and Mr. Morse with scale and engine innovations. After Newton’s death, Dan supported his family with his inheritance, Bernal became a traveling salesman, and Frank Beckman lost most of Adah’s share in a failed furniture store venture.

Referenced in

History of the Guild Family — CARRIE FAIRBANKS

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