Joshua C. Stoddard

Joshua C. Stoddard (August 26, 1814, in Pawlet, Vermont – April 5, 1902) was an American inventor.

He was educated at public schools, and became noted as an apiarist.

His first instrument, consisting of a steam boiler, a set of valves, and fifteen graded steam whistles played from a pinned cylinder, reportedly could be heard for a range of 5 miles (8.0 km).

[1] Other inventions included a fruit-paring machine, a hay-tedder, and a fire escape system, patented 1884.

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