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Catalog Number |
2020.005.1 |
Object Name |
Book |
Description |
Report containing testimony by Rufus Porter in front of Congress regarding an application for an invention created by A.W. Whitney. Porter's involvement as a witness describes his having been in the employ of Mr. Whitney to examine the particulars of an instance in which the latter's application for an invention had been rejected. Porter describes having traveled from New York to Washington, where he provided this Congressional committee with his expertise on the technical particulars of this device used in a burring cylinder for cleaning wool. From the seller: PATENT HISTORY. Thirtieth Congress - First Session. Report No. 839. House of Representatives. EDMUND BURKE ON THE COMPLAINT OF THOMAS G. CLINTON. MR. FARRELLY, FROM THE COMMITTEE ON PATENTS, MADE THE FOLLOWING REPORT. (Washington, August 10,1848). 8vo, 265pp. Disbound. The content is made up of a brief of complaints against Edmund Burke who, as Commissioner of Patents, it is argued, conducted the financial affairs of the Patent Office, in general, capriciously. One episode, in particular, relates to the favored status accorded Monseiur Alexander Vattemare, a French character of eccentric, well-meant bearing, who appears to have left a controversial trail wherever he went to in America. On page 15 begins coverage of the issues of Stephen R. Parkhurst and his burring machine, a tale extended for many a page, and by page 99 Rufus Porter becomes involved. Then, on the following pages, Amos Kendall and S. F. B. Morse and telegraph lines. |
Date |
1848 |
Dimensions |
H-8.875 W-0.5 L-5.5 inches |
Credit line |
Museum Purchase |