CLATONIA JOAQUIN DORTICUS  

Clatonia Joaquin Dorticus was a Scientist who was born in     

Cuba in 1863, but she makes her home  in Newton, N.Jersey. 

Little is known for her personal life.

 In regards to her inventions, she left an enduring legacy in               innovations in developning photographic print and negative             was machine. She also invented an inproved machine for                 embossing photographs.

 Her machine was designed to both mount and emboss a                  photographic print.

 Embossing is a method of raising parts of a photograph for a           3D look for relief her machine had a bed plate, a die, and a               pressure bar and bearings. she got the patent for this on July of         1894. It was referenced by two other patents in the 1950's. 

Every one thought that Clatonia was a man because there was not informaton of her life or photos.