In 1846, a clever cook, Nancy Johnson of New York, invented a crude but easy-to-use hand-cranked ice cream maker. Sadly, she never patented the device, but hers was the basis for other freezers to ...

In 1843 New Yorker Nancy M. Johnson patented the first hand-cranked ice-cream maker. After turning the crank for about 45 minutes (which was less time than making it by hand), the ice cream was ready.

Nancy Johnson created the first hand-cranked ice-cream maker in 1843. Famous American chef Julia Child developed a shark repellent while working as a CIA assistant. This Women's History Month ...

But Philadelphia’s own Nancy Johnson invented what’s known today as the modern ice cream maker, or “artificial freezer.” Three years later, Jacob Fussell would be the first to open an ice ...

According to Bauer, a woman named Nancy Johnson created this ice-cream-making technology in the 1840s (though this White Mountain machine isn’t her exact design, even though it uses the same ...