1836 - 1918
James Ritty American Inventor
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| First Name |
James
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| Last Name |
Ritty
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| Birthday |
29th October, 1836
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| Died |
29th March, 1918
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| Buried |
Woodland Cemetery and Arboretum, Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, USA
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| Zodiac Sign |
Scorpio
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| Nationality |
American
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| Occupation |
Inventor
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James Jacob Ritty (29 October 1836 – 29 March 1918), saloonkeeper and inventor, opened his first saloon in Dayton, Ohio in 1871, billing himself as a "Dealer in Pure Whiskies, Fine Wines, and Cigars." Some of Ritty's employees would take the customers' money and pocket it, rather than depositing the cash that was meant to pay for the food, drink, and other wares. In 1878 while on a steamboat trip to Europe, Ritty became intrigued by a mechanism that counted how many times the ship's propeller went around. He wondered whether something such as this could be made to record the cash transactions made at his saloon.
