The Scientific American reference book; a compendium of useful information, containing the complete census of the United States by counties ... patent and copyright laws ... forms for patents, caveats, assignments, and licenses ... etc (1892)
New York, Munn · leaf 108
DISTINGUISHED AMERICAN INVENTORS. CELEBRATED AMERICAN INVENTIONS. I05 … Io6 DISTINGUISHED AMERICAN INVENTORS. EiiiAS Howe, inventor of the modern sewing machine; b.Spencer, Mass., 1819; d. 1867; machinist; sewing: machinepatented 1846. From that time to 1854 his priority was con-tested, and he suffered from poverty, when a decision ofthe courts in his favor brought him…
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