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Patent Number Date Title Name City Description
13,531 Sep. 04, 1855 Machine for sawing hoops Elias Strange Taunton, MA
    Machine for sawing hoops Thomas B. Smith Taunton, MA  
16,407 Jan. 13, 1857 Machine for sawing hoops Emerson C. Strange Taunton, MA
46,725 Mar. 07, 1865 Boiler furnace Emerson C. Strange Taunton, MA Of interest because inventor E. C. Strange was also a manufacturer of stave machinery.
Quoting from the patent writeup in Scientific American, "This invention consists in a new method of supplying mingled or separate currents of air and steam to furnaces of steam boilers and other furnaces."
    Boiler furnace George R. Huntley Taunton, MA  
84,916 Dec. 15, 1868 Improvement in saw-grinder Elias Strange Taunton, MA
    Improvement in saw-grinder Elias W. Strange Taunton, MA  
    Improvement in saw-grinder Emerson C. Strange Taunton, MA  
180,735 Aug. 08, 1876 Improvement in universal joiners Elias Strange Taunton, MA
    Improvement in universal joiners Emerson C. Strange Taunton, MA  
    Improvement in universal joiners Elias W. Strange Taunton, MA  
290,137 Dec. 11, 1883 Set-works for saw-mills Elias W. Strange Taunton, MA
361,600 Apr. 19, 1887 Bench Vise Emerson C. Strange Taunton, MA
373,539 Nov. 22, 1887 Bench Vise Emerson C. Strange Taunton, MA