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Invented in Saratoga County, New York

By Timothy Starr
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To anyone with a passing interest in Saratoga County history, the development of Standard Time and the creation of potato chips on Saratoga Lake are rather well-known, but most others have been relegated to history.

Few may be aware that the revolving turret on the Civil War ironclad warship “Monitor” was invented by Saratoga resident Theodore Timby. Ransom Cook developed the auger bit in use today by observing the jaws of a beetle under a microscope. Lucien DeGolia of Edinburgh patented…

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