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                                list, please contact the Site Historian.
                            
                            
			
                                
                                    Key to Links for Patent Information
                                
                                
                                    USPTO = U.S. Patent Office .
                                    Images of the actual patent can be viewed on the U.S. Patent Office web site but
                                    a special TIFF viewer must be installed with your browser in order properly work.
                                    More information on how to configure your computer to view these patents can be
                                    found at TIFF image Viewers
                                        for Patent Images.
                                    DATAMP = Directory of American Tool And
                                        Machinery Patents . A sister site to VintageMachinery.org with information
                                    on patents related to machinery and tools. A much easier user interface than the
                                    USPTO's for finding information on machinery patents.
                                
                                
                                    
  
  
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        2,342
      
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      Nov. 10, 1841
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      Construction of molasses gates and cocks for drawing liquors
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    Levi  Lincoln  | 
    Hartford, CT | 
    The inventor was the founder of Phoenix Iron Works, which went on to make drill presses. | 
  
  
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        3,512
      
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      Mar. 26, 1844
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      Hook and eye
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    Elisha C. Savage  | 
    Hartford, CT | 
    Machinery to make this product was designed by the witnesses, who were the owners of Phoenix Iron Works, who also made drill presses. | 
  
  
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        29,939
      
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      Sep. 04, 1860
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      Improvement in devices for stopping and changing motion
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    Francis A. Pratt  | 
    Hartford, CT | 
    Seen on an old Pratt & Whitney milling machine. | 
  
  
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        101,550
      
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      Apr. 05, 1870
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      Iron Planer
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    Horatio B. Weaver  | 
    Hartford, Hartford County, CT | 
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