Journal of the Franklin Institute, Volume 9Pergamon Press, 1845 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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... York , before he purchased the boat , about the 24th of July , 1844. The hull of the vessel was two or three years old ; the boiler more than six . " As the rent did not occur in the boiler , however , but in the steam chimney , the age ...
... York , before he purchased the boat , about the 24th of July , 1844. The hull of the vessel was two or three years old ; the boiler more than six . " As the rent did not occur in the boiler , however , but in the steam chimney , the age ...
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... York , ( a copy of which is here with submitted , ) was not founded on a careful and accurate examination . Captain Devoe , relying on such certificate as corroborating his in- quiries made previously , purchased the steamboat as safe ...
... York , ( a copy of which is here with submitted , ) was not founded on a careful and accurate examination . Captain Devoe , relying on such certificate as corroborating his in- quiries made previously , purchased the steamboat as safe ...
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... York , May 6 . This horse power , like many before it , is on the general principle of the sun and planet movement ; motion is communicated to a cen- tral vertical shaft provided with a mitre wheel near its lower , and a pinion near its ...
... York , May 6 . This horse power , like many before it , is on the general principle of the sun and planet movement ; motion is communicated to a cen- tral vertical shaft provided with a mitre wheel near its lower , and a pinion near its ...
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... York , May 6 . The slide of the tail block projects beyond the side of the carriage , and is there provided with a roller , which , as the carriage is run back , comes against an inclined guide , by which it is pushed with the log on it ...
... York , May 6 . The slide of the tail block projects beyond the side of the carriage , and is there provided with a roller , which , as the carriage is run back , comes against an inclined guide , by which it is pushed with the log on it ...
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... York City , May 10 . We deem the insertion of the claim sufficient to enable the reader fully to understand the character of this improvement . Claim . " What I claim as my invention , is the making of life pre- servers , buoys , rafts ...
... York City , May 10 . We deem the insertion of the claim sufficient to enable the reader fully to understand the character of this improvement . Claim . " What I claim as my invention , is the making of life pre- servers , buoys , rafts ...
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Page 258 - Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is (d).
Page 43 - Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding. For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold.
Page 153 - Committee appointed to inquire into the merits of the atmospheric system of railway have examined the matters to them referred, and have agreed to the following Report. Your Committee have given their best attention to this interesting subject.
Page 105 - ... constructed and arranged substantially in the manner and for the purpose herein set forth.
Page 305 - Ocean, the first thing which strikes us is, that, the north-east and south-east monsoons, which are found the one on the north and the other on...
Page 371 - I claim the manner in which the bricks are received, compressed, and delivered ; but what I do claim as my invention, and which I desire to secure by letters patent, is the...
Page 266 - The Committee on Science and the Arts constituted by the Franklin Institute of the State of Pennsylvania, for the promotion of the Mechanic Arts, to whom was referred for examination a Solar Compass, invented by WM.
Page 177 - ... with the solid portion of the coal. From the chemical changes which take place in the combination of the hydrogen with oxygen, the bulk of the products is found to be to the bulk of the atmospheric air required to furnish the oxygen, as 10 is to 11.
Page 99 - Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim therein as new, and desire to secure by letters patent, is...