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Carlyle Whipple
Lewiston, ME; Detroit, MI, U.S.A.
Manufacturer Class: Wood Working Machinery

History

Last Modified: Aug 5 2008 8:53PM by Jeff_Joslin
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Mr. Whipple had patents on reciprocating saws. His first patent was featured on the front page of the August 15, 1857 issue of Scientific American. The article shows the simple and elegant mechanism for converting rotating to reciprocating motion, and implies that he was making the machines himself.

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