A cheese press at the Hadley Farm Museum in Hadley, Massachusetts

A cheese press is a device for pressing whey from curds when making cheese. Pressing influences the cheese's hardness and texture and will also determine the shape of the block or wheel of cheese.[1]

Some sources state that Hazel Irwin, who received a patent for a cheese press in 1808,[2] was the first American woman to receive a patent,[3] although others state that Hannah Slater in 1793,[4][5] or Mary Kies, in 1809, was the first.[6][7]

References

  1. ↑ Catherine Donnelly, ed. (2016), "Press", The Oxford Companion to Cheese, Oxford University Press, pp. 588–589, ISBN 9780199330881
  2. ↑ ""Not for Ornament": Patenting Activity by Nineteenth-Century Women Inventors", by B. Zorina Khan, Journal of Interdisciplinary History, xxxi:2 (Autumn, 2000), 159–195" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-10-13. Retrieved 2021-10-13.
  3. ↑ Progress and Potential: A profile of women inventors on U.S. patents Archived 2021-09-16 at the Wayback Machine United States Patent and Trademark Office.
  4. ↑ "Women Inventors | History Detectives | PBS". www.pbs.org. Retrieved 2016-08-10.
  5. ↑ "10 Key Dates in Women's History: The Early Modern Period | Britannica Blog". blogs.britannica.com. Archived from the original on 2018-10-19. Retrieved 2016-08-10.
  6. ↑ Blakemore, Erin. "Meet Mary Kies, America's First Woman to Become a Patent Holder". Retrieved 2016-08-11.
  7. ↑ "First Women Inventors | History of American Women". www.womenhistoryblog.com. January 3, 2016. Retrieved August 10, 2016.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.