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13 Jul 1875
Cash carrier patent |
Cash carrier patent In 1875, the first cash carrier system in the U.S. was patented by David Brown of Lebanon , NJ (No. 165,473) which he called "an apparatus for transmission of goods, packages etc." The first installation of a cash carrier was at the ladies' furnishing store of William S. Lamson in Lowell, Mass, in Feb 1879. Using two overhead wires with endless rope pulleys, a small basket travelled between the sales clerk and the cashier. Lamson began manufacturing these in 1881, and in Jan 1882 incorporated the Lamson Cash Railway Company. |
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13 Jul 1875
June Etta Downey |
birth June Etta Downey Born 13 Jul 1875; died 1932 . American psychologist and educator whose studies centred on the psychology of aesthetics and related philosophical issues. Her contributions were in the areas of clinical psychology and personality assessment. One of her projects was measuring other facets of human nature and attempting to calibrate them as is done with intelligence. Her Downey Will-Temperament Tests (1919) received some research attention in the 1920s. She founded the psychology laboratory at the University of Wyoming in 1900. |
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