Corn Processing Mill

Invented a corn processing mills & a method for making cloth out of Palmetto leaves & straw; obtained 2 patents in Great Britain from King George but he issued them in her husband Thomas name even though he acknowledged the idea was hers. After returning from London, Sybilla and her husband created the corn mill from the patent. They hoped the invention would sell well in England, but the creation was too ahead.[7] In the colonies, however, it did well.[7] The Southern Colonies were the largest purchasers, and hominy, now called grits, is still widely consumed in the South today. Sybillia eventually died in 1720 and will forever be remembered for the work she completed. Masters' first patent was awarded for a new method of the curing and preparation of cornmeal used a stamping process instead of grinding. The machine consisted of a long wooden cylinder with projections on each side which caused a series of heavy pestles to drop onto mortars filled with corn kernels. This invention was powered by horses or water wheels. It produced a product Masters named, "Tuscarora Rice" which was falsely advertised and sold as a cure for tuberculosis. While the product did not catch on in England, it became a staple of the southeastern diet and is today known as grits.

Cleaning & curing Indian Corn

Category:
Food Sciences

Completion Status:
yes

Patent Number:
GB 604 or 401; GB403

Co-Inventor:
none