Manufacturers Index - Barnabas Langdon
Barnabas Langdon
Buffalo, NY, U.S.A.
Manufacturer Class:
Wood Working Machinery
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X318
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Feb. 20, 1801
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Hydraulic Elevator
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Barnabas Langdon |
St Albans, Franklin County, VT |
Most of the patents prior to 1836 were lost in the Dec. 1836 fire. Only about 2,000 of the almost 10,000 documents were recovered. Little is known about this patent. No patent drawing is available. This patent is in the database for reference only. |
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X618
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May. 10, 1805
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Mode of Manufacturing Tin Ware
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Barnabas Langdon |
St Albans, VT |
Most of the patents prior to 1836 were lost in the Dec. 1836 fire. Only about 2,000 of the almost 10,000 documents were recovered. Little is known about this patent. There are no patent drawings available. This patent is in the database for reference only. |
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X752
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Apr. 23, 1807
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Steelyard
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Barnabas Langdon |
St Albans, VT |
Most of the patents prior to 1836 were lost in the Dec. 1836 fire. Only about 2,000 of the almost 10,000 documents were recovered. Little is known about this patent. There are no patent drawings available. This patent is in the database for reference only. |
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X1,539
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Jun. 20, 1811
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Machine for shaving and jointing staves
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William Mowry |
Washington County, NY |
Barnabas Langdon was a prolific early inventor, with patents for a water pump, tin ware manufacture, steam-powered boats, horse-powered boats, grist mills, flax and hemp processing, etc. |
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Machine for shaving and jointing staves
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Barnabas Langdon |
Washington County, NY |
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X2,743
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Feb. 22, 1817
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Steam applied to propel carriages and boats
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Barnabas Langdon |
Whitehall, NY |
Most of the patents prior to 1836 were lost in the Dec. 1836 fire. Only about 2,000 of the almost 10,000 documents were recovered. Little is known about this patent. Only the patent drawing is available. This patent is in the database for reference only.
This was the first Steam Traction Engine patent. |
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181,804,226
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Feb. 12, 1818
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Certain improvements on steam engines
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Barnabas Langdon |
New York, NY |
The patent was granted to John Munfo "in consequence of a communication made to him by Barnabus Langden (sic), of New York, one of the United States of America". This may be the British equivalent of USA patent 2,743 but we cannot find a copy of the patent specification or drawings. |
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Certain improvements on steam engines
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John Munro |
, England |
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X3,112
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Jun. 05, 1819
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Horse boats
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Barnabas Langdon |
Troy, NY |
Most of the patents prior to 1836 were lost in the Dec. 1836 fire. Only about 2,000 of the almost 10,000 documents were recovered. Little is known about this patent. Only the patent drawing is available. This patent is in the database for reference only. |
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3,112
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Jun. 05, 1819
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Boat
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Barnabas Langdon |
Troy, NY |
FX patents are fractional X patents. This patent is #3112 1/2.
Only about 2000 of the almost 10000 X-patent documents were recovered.
Because of the Patent Office fire in Dec. 1836, little is known about this patent. There are no patent drawings available. This patent is in the database for reference only. |
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Boat
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John C. Langdon |
Troy, NY |
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X3,332
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May. 01, 1821
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Propelling horse boats
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Barnabas Langdon |
Troy, NY |
Most of the patents prior to 1836 were lost in the Dec. 1836 fire. Only about 2,000 of the almost 10,000 documents were recovered. Little is known about this patent. There are no patent drawings available. This patent is in the database for reference only. |
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X9,289
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Dec. 15, 1835
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Making laths
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Barnabas Langdon |
Troy, NY |
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286
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Jul. 19, 1837
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Mode of applying horse or other animal power to propelling machinery
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Barnabas Langdon |
Troy, NY |
Inventor Langdon received an early patent for a planing machine. |
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555
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Jan. 09, 1838
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Machine for planing plank boards and clapboards
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Barnabas Langdon |
Troy, NY |
The Library of Congress online catalog has an 1852 entry under the name "George W. Beardslee (from old catalog)" with the title, "Rejection of the application for a reissue upon new and amended claims of the letters patent originally issued in 1838 to Barnabas Langdon, embracing the letters of rejection from Hon. Thomas Ewbank ... together with other documents ..."
According to the 1873 "Subject-matter index of patents for inventions issued by the United States Patent Office", this patent was granted an extension. |
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556
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Jan. 09, 1838
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Machine for planing shingles
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Barnabas Langdon |
Troy, NY |
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2,689
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Jun. 22, 1842
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Improvement in plows
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Barnabas Langdon |
Troy, NY |
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4,469
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Apr. 25, 1846
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Improvement in hemp-dressers
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Amos Salisbury |
Troy, NY |
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Improvement in hemp-dressers
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Barnabas Langdon |
Troy, NY |
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