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James Albert Bonsack (October 9, 1859, – June 1, 1924) was an American inventor who developed an early cigarette rolling machine in 1880, and patented it the following year.
Oct 10, 2023 · Learn how James Albert Bonsack revolutionized the tobacco industry with his invention of the cigarette rolling machine in 1880. Discover the history of tobacco smoking and cigarettes from ancient times to the present day.
James Albert Bonsack (4 October 1859–2 June 1924), businessman and inventor of the cigarette-rolling machine, was born at Bonsack in Roanoke County, the son of Jacob Bonsack and Sarah Whitmore Bonsack. His father operated the Bonsack Woolen Mill on the road between Salem and Lynchburg.
James Albert Bonsack (October 9, 1859, – June 1, 1924) was an American inventor who developed an early cigarette rolling machine in 1880, and patented it the following year.
In 1880 James A. Bonsack was granted a U.S. patent for a cigarette machine in which tobacco was fed onto a continuous strip of paper and was automatically formed, pasted, closed, and cut to lengths by a rotary cutting knife. The Bonsack machine was imported to England….
Nov 1, 2001 · When James Albert Bonsack developed a machine that could make 70,000 cigarettes in a 10 h day, Allen & Ginter did not want to use it—partially out of fear that the machine would produce more cigarettes than the market demand justified.
James Albert Bonsack, an inventor and son of a plantation owner from Lynchburg, Virginia, had been tinkering with mechanical production of cigarettes since he was a teenager. In 1880, when he was twenty-one, Bonsack obtained a patent for his automatic cigarette-rolling machine.
