History of the Airbrush

1879 - the year of invention

In 1879 an eccentric jeweler from Iowa assembled;

• a jam spoon
• a sewing machine needle,
• a bent over screwdriver,
• old soldering pipes,
• some bent metal
  .... and screwed it all together on some blocks of wood!

Coupled with his own patented hand pumped air compressor
he named it his "Paint Distributor" for the painting of watercolours
and for other artistic purposes.