| 单词 | matzeliger, jan earnst |
| 释义 | Matzeliger, Jan EarnstMatzeliger, Jan Earnst(1852–89) inventor; born in Dutch Guiana. Child of a black mother and white father, he emigrated to the U.S.A. about 1872. Although uneducated, he invented a shoe-making machine (1891) and shoe-nailing machine (1896), which revolutionized the shoe industry. His inventions formed the basis of the United Shoe Machinery Corp. He died of tuberculosis at age 37. |
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