Jacob Snider Explained

Jacob Snider
Birth Name:Jacob Snider
Birth Date:1811 1, mf=yes
Birth Place:Montgomery, Georgia
Death Place:11, Oxford Road, Kilburn, London, England
Occupation:Inventor
Spouse:Angelina

Jacob Snider (January 1, 1811 – October 25, 1866) was an American wine merchant and inventor.[1] He co-invented and patented[2] a method of converting existing muzzle-loading rifles into breech-loading rifles, notably the Snider-Enfield.

Originally from Montgomery, Georgia, Snider later moved to Philadelphia, but died in poverty in Kilburn, London, England while attempting to recover promised compensation from the British government.[3] [4] He was survived by his wife Angelina and several sons, and is buried in Kensal Green Cemetery, London.[5]

Snider worked for the Pennsylvania Institute for the Blind, and in 1833, he produced the first raised print book in the United States. His method, which involved carving the letters into a sheet of copper by hand, was soon abandoned.

Notes and References

  1. Book: No. 231. The Snider Children.. In: Memorial Exhibitions of Portraits by Thomas Sully. 1922 . https://books.google.com/books?id=-xw4AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA177. 177.
  2. Book: British Patent A.D. 1862, 21st June. No 1828. Breech-loading Fire-arms.. In: English Patents of Inventions, Specifications: 1862 (Nos 1786 - 1851). https://books.google.com/books?id=drzP2cbkjj8C&pg=PT136.
  3. http://www.nypl.org/research/chss/spe/rbk/faids/snider.pdf
  4. Book: Mr. Snider's Case. In: The Military Forces of the Crown: Their Administration and Government, 1869. 1869 . 532–536. II. https://archive.org/details/militaryforcesc00clodgoog/page/n568/mode/2up.
  5. Book: Paths of Glory. 1997. Friends of Kensal Green Cemetery. 92.