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Patent Number Date Title Name City Description
794 Nov. 06, 1857 Machine for cutting or tuning out heads for barrels, kegs, casks, or any description of coopers' works W. Manning QC, Canada See also US patent 19,509, granted in 1858 to Wilsie Manning of Rouses Point, NY, for a machine for cutting barrel-heads. We presume that that patent is essentially the same as this one.
XC patents are Canadian patents issued between 1824 and 1869.
19,509 Mar. 02, 1858 Machine for cutting barrel-heads Wilsie Manning Rouses Point, NY See also Canadian patent 794. It appears that Mr. Manning pretended to be a Canadian resident to evade the restriction that Canadian patents were only granted to Canadians.
This patent was mentioned in an ad in a 1858-12-25 issue of Scientific American.
The 1860-02-04 issue of Scientific American carries a front-page article on this machine. The article concludes, "The patent for this invention was issued, through the Scientific American patent Agency, to Wilsie Manning, of Rouse's Point, N. Y., March 2, 1858, and persons desiring further information in relation to it will please address W. Manning & Co., Rochester, N. Y."
20,737 Jun. 29, 1858 Stave-machine William M. Sloane Buffalo, NY
27,161 Feb. 14, 1860 Machine for dressing staves William M. Sloane Buffalo, NY
29,199 Jul. 17, 1860 Stave-machines William M. Sloane Buffalo, NY