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.

Round barn, Hancock Shaker Village

Architecture

• Adjustable ventilating door transoms^[1]
• Round barn
• Sash-balance counterweight^[1]
• Shaker stairs

Food and agriculture

• Apple parer and corer^[1]
• Automatic seed planter^[1]
• Condensed milk^[1]
• Fertilizer spreader^[1]
• Pea sheller^[2]
• Rotary harrow^[1]
• Shaker Lemon Pie
• Threshing machine^[2]

Shaker tilting chair

Furniture

• Shaker pantry box
• Shaker tilting chair

Medicine and healthcare

• Corbett's electrostatic machine
• Syrup of Sarsaparilla^[3]

Tools and appliances

• Circular saw^[1]
• Peg-boards (often called "clothes-pins"^[1][4])
• Deacon Daniel Baird's machinery for making pails, wash boards, and shingles^[5]
• Cut nails^[6]
• Flat broom^[1][7]
• Lumber-drying kiln^[1]
• No-kill mousetrap^[7]
• Metal pen^[1]
• Revolving oven^[2]
• Small paper packets for seeds^[7]
• Shaker broom vise
• Shaker spinning wheel^[8]
• Water-powered cooling fan^[1]
• Wheel-driven washing machine^[1][9]
• Wood-burning stove^[2]