John Joseph Merlin

John Joseph Merlin

John-Joseph Merlin (17 September 1735 – 4 May 1803) was a Belgian inventor and horologist.

He was born Jean-Joseph Merlin in 1735 in the city of Huy, Belgium. [John Joseph Merlin: Father of Inline Skating [http://inlineskating.about.com/od/inlineskatinghistory/a/j_merlin.htm?iam=dpile_100] ]

He was an inventor, noted for the invention of roller skates in 1760. He also improved musical instruments and manufactured automata, such as Cox's timepiece. He created Merlin's Mechanical Museum to display his machines. [The Engines of Our Ingenuity, Episode No. 630: JOHN JOSEPH MERLIN, by John H. Lienhard [http://www.uh.edu/engines/epi630.htm] ]

He was also responsible for the Silver Swan automaton [ [http://www.thebowesmuseum.org.uk/collections/swan Bowes Museum] ] now on display at the Bowes Museum.

He worked in Paris and later in London, where he died in 1803.

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