List of Shaker inventions
# List of Shaker inventions

This article contains a list of inventions by the Shakers, officially known as the United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearance. Founded in the 18th century, the Shakers, a celibate sect who lived a communal lifestyle, were known for their many innovative creations in varied fields including agriculture, furniture, housework, and medicine.

## Architecture

* Adjustable ventilating door transoms
* Round barn
* Sash-balance counterweight
* Shaker stairs

## Food and agriculture

* Apple parer and corer
* Automatic seed planter
* Condensed milk
* Fertilizer spreader
* Pea sheller
* Rotary harrow
* Shaker Lemon Pie
* Threshing machine

## Furniture

* Shaker pantry box
* Shaker tilting chair

## Medicine and healthcare

* Corbett's electrostatic machine
* Syrup of Sarsaparilla

## Tools and appliances

* Circular saw
* Peg-boards (often called "clothes-pins")
* Deacon Daniel Baird's machinery for making pails, wash boards, and shingles
* Cut nails
* Flat broom
* Lumber-drying kiln
* No-kill mousetrap
* Metal pen
* Revolving oven
* Small paper packets for seeds
* Shaker broom vise
* Shaker spinning wheel
* Water-powered cooling fan
* Wheel-driven washing machine
* Wood-burning stove
