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Jan. 20, 1838
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Improvement in the machine for sowing or planting ruta-baga and other seeds or grain
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Niram R. Merchant |
Guilford, NY |
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1,366
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Oct. 12, 1839
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Improvement in machines for planting corn
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Niram R. Merchant |
Guilford, NY |
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Improvement in machines for planting corn
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Orin G. Merchant |
Guilford, NY |
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2,724
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Jul. 16, 1842
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Stove
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Abel Cornell |
Guilford, NY |
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Stove
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Niram R. Merchant |
Guilford, NY |
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32,449
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May. 28, 1861
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Improvement in boring-machines
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Niram R. Merchant |
Guilford, NY |
An example of this invention appeared in a Martin J. Donnelly auction (actually, it was the improved version patented in 1876 as 177,652). The inventor died in 1863, a decade before this patent was reissued. "The object of this invention is to obtain a simple and efficient machine for simultaneously boring two holes at different distances apart for dowels, designed chiefly for the use of coopers for boring the pieces of cask-heads which are connected by dowels."
See also patent 132,187, which was awarded to another resident of Guilford (who had a connection to Merchant's Guilford Iron Works) and which disclaims this patent. |
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121,555
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Dec. 05, 1871
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Improvement in water-wheels
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Jesse S. Teed |
Guilford, NY |
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RE5,222
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Jan. 07, 1873
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Improvement in boring-machines
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Niram R. Merchant |
Guilford, NY |
The inventor had died in 1863. "The object of this invention is to obtain a simple and efficient machine for simultaneously boring two holes at different distances apart for dowels, designed chiefly for the use of coopers for boring the pieces of cask-heads which are connected by dowels." |
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177,652
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May. 23, 1876
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Improvement in doweling-machines
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Andrew P. Merchant |
Guilford, NY |
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