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Patent Number Date Title Name City Description
17,183 Apr. 28, 1857 Method of reversing chisels of mortising-machines Moses Marshall Lowell, MA
63,605 Apr. 09, 1867 Improvement in cartridge-ejector for breech-loading firearms Charles H. Ballard Worcester, MA The inventor was an eponym of Ball & Ballard, a firm that succeeded Ball & Rice in 1854, and was in turn replaced by Ball & Williams in 1858, then R. Ball & Co. in 1865. It is suspected, but not confirmed, that R. Ball & Co. manufactured this invention.