Talented Tuesday - My Great-Grandpa Was An Inventor?

 
Yep, it turns out that my "Traveling Dentist" Great-Grandpa, Watson (Frederick) Emory Webster, was also an inventor!

My uncle (Frederick's grandson) alerted me to this fact.  He did a search on Google.com for Frederick Emory Webster and found a patent that was awarded to Frederick in 1899. Frederick invented improvements to a Dental Handpiece. Thank you to my uncle for passing this interesting information on to me!

Frederick Emory Webster’s Patent

Patent number: 636476
Filing date: Apr 28, 1889
Issue date: Nov 7, 1899

If you’d like to view the patent on Google.com, here's link -
  Frederick Emory Webster Patent
 
My uncle also told me that Frederick had another talent besides being a dentist, optician, photographer, and inventor.  This is what my uncle wrote to me about Frederick, “My dad (your grandfather) also told me that he could write with both hands simultaneously and would do it to show off.”  Kind of a quirky talent, but interesting information nonetheless.

For my previous blog posts about my “Traveling Dentist” Great-Grandpa Frederick Emory Webster, just click on the links below:  
The Traveling Dentist - Part 1 The Traveling Dentist - Part 2 The Traveling Dentist - Part 3 The Traveling Dentist - Part 4

Thanks for reading!

Jana

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