Amye Everard Ball Explained

Amye Everard Ball was the first woman in England to be granted a patent.[1] Her patent for tincture of saffron was registered in 1637, merely 76 years after Elizabeth I had awarded the first patent. The original patent registration is held at the British Library.[2] [3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Horrocks . Sally . 2016-04-29 . Trailblazers of diversity . 2024-11-25 . The Engineer . en.
  2. Book: Jaffe. Deborah. Ingenious Women. 2003. Sutton Publishing Ltd. 978-0750930314.
  3. Web site: Evans-Pugh. Christine. Engineering's most ingenious women (16 May 2011). www.eandt.theiet.org. July 21, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160714143004/http://eandt.theiet.org/magazine/2011/05/ingenious-women.cfm. 2016-07-14. dead.

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