Journal of the Franklin InstituteFranklin Institute, 1844 Vols. 1-69 include more or less complete patent reports of the U. S. Patent Office for years 1825-1859. cf. Index to v. 1-120 of the Journal, p. [415] |
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... present them in a mass , it must be supposed that the object of the condensation of matter is to prevent an intimate acquaintance with their affairs . This inference is strengthened , in my estimation , by the fact that the accounts of ...
... present them in a mass , it must be supposed that the object of the condensation of matter is to prevent an intimate acquaintance with their affairs . This inference is strengthened , in my estimation , by the fact that the accounts of ...
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... present state , a much better appreciation of the importance of knowing the precise and detailed . condition of their business , than is observable in the statements of other similar institutions . The report of the Baltimore and Ohio ...
... present state , a much better appreciation of the importance of knowing the precise and detailed . condition of their business , than is observable in the statements of other similar institutions . The report of the Baltimore and Ohio ...
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... present head for many roads ; but it is very easy to estimate their average value by direct calculation . We know that it is worth , on the average , about 40 cents per cord to saw the wood suitably for this purpose : and we know also ...
... present head for many roads ; but it is very easy to estimate their average value by direct calculation . We know that it is worth , on the average , about 40 cents per cord to saw the wood suitably for this purpose : and we know also ...
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... present a more accurate formula for its computation , based upon a very extensive experience . It might seem to the general reader , that after presenting the cost of repairs of the road , engines , and cars ; the value of fuel and ...
... present a more accurate formula for its computation , based upon a very extensive experience . It might seem to the general reader , that after presenting the cost of repairs of the road , engines , and cars ; the value of fuel and ...
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... present , ) they have carefully attended to the duty of examining the articles submitted to their inspection ; but confess themselves utterly at a loss from the superiority of nearly all the arti- cles shown , to form a judgment which ...
... present , ) they have carefully attended to the duty of examining the articles submitted to their inspection ; but confess themselves utterly at a loss from the superiority of nearly all the arti- cles shown , to form a judgment which ...
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Page 304 - Office a written description of the same, and of the manner and process of making, constructing, compounding, and using it, in such full, clear, concise, and exact terms as to enable any person skilled in the art or science to which it appertains, or with which it is most nearly connected, to make, construct, compound, and use the same...
Page 379 - Pennsylvania, and in no other place, or places ; the same to be held and enjoyed by the said John Doe, for his own use and behoof, and for the use and behoof of his legal representatives, to the full end of the term for which said letters patent are, or may be, granted...
Page 234 - What we claim as our invention, and desire to secure...
Page 303 - Ibid. sec. 4. avoiding unnecessary prolixity, as to enable any person skilled in the art or science to which it appertains, or with which it is most nearly connected, to make, construct, compound, and use the same...
Page 312 - ... receive a patent for his invention, as specified in his claim, or for any part thereof, as the facts in the case may appear. And such adjudication, if it be in favor of the right of the applicant, shall authorize the commissioner to issue such patent on the applicant filing in the Patent Office a copy of the adjudication and otherwise complying with the requirements of law.
Page 312 - Commissioner, with a certificate of his proceedings and decision, which shall be entered of record in the Patent Office ; and such decision, so certified, shall govern the further proceedings of the Commissioner in such case : Provided however, That no opinion or decision of the judge in any such case shall preclude any person interested in favor...
Page 230 - What I claim, therefore, as my invention, and for which I ask a patent, is, the...
Page 302 - That any person or persons having discovered or invented any new and useful art, machine, manufacture, or composition of matter, or any new and useful improvement on any art, machine, manufacture, or composition of matter, not known or used by others before his or their discovery or invention thereof, and not, at the time of his application for a patent, in public use or on sale, with his consent or allowance, as the inventor or discoverer...
Page 377 - Be it known that I, John Fitch, of Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia, the State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and improved mode of preventing...
Page 243 - Newton's fusible metal, composed of 8 parts of bismuth, 5 of lead, and 3 of tin.