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                                    Key to Links for Patent Information
                                
                                
                                    USPTO = U.S. Patent Office .
                                    Images of the actual patent can be viewed on the U.S. Patent Office web site but
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                                    DATAMP = Directory of American Tool And
                                        Machinery Patents . A sister site to VintageMachinery.org with information
                                    on patents related to machinery and tools. A much easier user interface than the
                                    USPTO's for finding information on machinery patents.
                                
                                
                                    
  
  
    | 189 | May. 08, 1837 | Turnabout for railroads | Jeremiah  Myers | Attleborough, MA | A disclaimer to the patent was added on 1850-04-18 because certain of the claims had been nullified by prior art. By the time of the disclaimer, the patentee was living in the village of Meredith, Belknap County, New Hampshire. In 1850 the inventor was granted a seven-year extension, effective 1851-05-08.
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    | 6,159 | Mar. 10, 1849 | Let-off motion of looms | Jeremiah  Myers | Biddeford, ME | The inventor was in Biddeford, Me., "and lately of West Brookfield, in the State of Massachusetts". This is likely the same Jeremiah Myers as in patent 189. | 
  
    | 12,232 | Jan. 16, 1855 | Water-meter | John S. Barden | New Haven, CT | An ad in the 1855 New England Business Directory states that Jeremiah Myers was "The sole manufacturer and vendor of Barden's patent water metre." Myers also manufactured woodworking machinery. | 
  
    | 12,934 | May. 22, 1855 | Water-meter | John S. Barden | New Haven, CT | An ad in the 1855 New England Business Directory states that Jeremiah Myers was "The sole manufacturer and vendor of Barden's patent water metre." See also patent 12,232. Besides water meters, Myers manufactured woodworking machinery. |