# Scientific American/Series 1/Volume 1/Issue 1/Catalogue of American patents issued in 1844

CATALOGUE OF AMERICAN PATENTS
ISSUED IN 1844
CLASS 1.—Agriculture, including Instruments and Operations.
    Bee Hives—Improvement in Bee Hives by Aaron E. James, Point Pleasant, Va., Jan 6th.
    Do. Samuel & J. D. Cope, Damascusville, Ohio, Feb 8th.
    Do. George B. West, Fairfield, Ohio, April 20th.
    Do. James A. Cutting, Haverhill, N.H., June 24th.
    Do. Jacob D. Fulkerson, Unity, Ohio, July 1st.
    Do. Oliver Reynolds, Webster, N.Y., Dec. 4th.
    Bee Palaces, Lemon Hamlin, Kirkersville, Ohio, July 13th.
    Improvements in Churns—George W. Cook, St. Louis, Mo., Feb. 28th
    Do. Harmess Bently, Ballston, N.Y., April 20th.
    Do. Jason B. Schermerhorn, New York, June 5th.
    Do. Thomas Ling, Portland, Me., Aug 21st.
    Corn and Cane Cutters—Jacob Peck, Oakland, Penn., Aug. 28th.
    Corn Fodder, Cutting and Crushing—Rudolph Miller, York, Penn., Oct. 3rd.
    Corn-Sheller—William McAll, Talladega, Indiana, April 13th.
    Cultivator—Robert Nelson, West Point, Ia., Jan 15th.
    William Dyzert, Gettysburg, Penn., Aug. 16th.
    Cultivator Teeth—James Birdaall, Hamerton, Penn., Nov 9th.
    Fruit-gatherer—Alexander McWilliams, Washington, D.C. March 13th.
    Harrow, award-cutting—Dennis Rice, Rowe, Mass., May 17th.
    Hulling Clover Machines—A. B. Crawford, Wooster, Ohio, Dec. 31st.
    Hulling and Pearling Rice—Jacob Groat, Troy, N.Y., July 11th.
    Mowing, Grain Cradle—William A. Wood and John C. Loveland, Hoosick Falls, N.Y., Nov 13th.
    Mowing, Harvesting Machines—George Esterly, Heart Prairie, W. T., Oct. 22nd.
    Mowing, Hemp Cradle—Griffin Reynolds, jun. Washington, Ky., May 30th.
    Mowing, Reeping Machine—William F. Kotchum, Buffalo, N.Y., Nov. 18th.
    Improvements in Ploughs—John Thompson, Ripley, Ohio, April 17th.
    Do. Aaron Smith, Bloomfield, Mich., May 6th.
    Do. Jonathan Mooers, Hazelton, Penn., July 1st.
    Do. Anthony Taylor, New Garden, Ohio, Dec. 19th.
    Plough, adjusting—William R. Allan, Brownston, Ky., Jan 31st.
    Plough, combined—Harvey Crown, Payson, Ill., March 9th.
    Plough, double—Aaron Smith, Bloomfield, Mich., May 10th.
    Plough, excavating ditches—James Herbert, Lagrange, In., April 13th.
    Plough, gathering weeds under the furrow—Alice-Dudley Hills, East Hartford, Ct. Oct 7th.
    Plough, wheel—Israel Long, Bucyrus, Ohio, March 9th.
    Potato-Diggers—Archibald G. Ketchum, Schenectady, N.Y., Feb 20th.
    Rake, grain—Benoni F. Partridge, On-ndaga, N.Y., March 13th.
    Rattoon and Cane Cutters—Robert Laure, Plaquemines, La., Sept 17th.
    Seeding, planting machines—Dierck Brewer, Petersburgh, Tenn., April 4th.
    Seeding, seed planters—Loea Pratt, Amherst, N. H., April 25th and Richard G. Gatling Murfreesborough, N. C. May 10th
    U. Kilburn, Lawrenceville, Penn., and F. Haines, Marietta, Penn., Dec 31st.
    Seeding, sowing machines—Ezra Fisk, Fayette, Me., Nov 18th.
    Smut Machine—Meredith Mallory, Mount Morris, N.Y, Jan 20th.
    Jacob W. Brown, Mount Airy, N.C. Feb 28th.
    Do. James M. Clarke, Strasburg, Penn. March 20th.
    Do. Samuel Scammon and R. Nason, Waterville, Me., April 10th.
    Do. Elisha S. Snyder, Charleston, Va., April 30th.
    Do. Henry B. James, Mount Holly, N.J., May 17th.
    Do. Abraham Straub, Milton, Penn., May 17th.
    Do. Elisha W. Young, Parkman, Ohio, June 5th.
    Do. Thomas H. Nelson, Harrisburg, Penn., June 5th.
    Do. James W. Webster, Luray, Va., June 5th.
    Do. John Pagin, Michigan City, Ia., Aug 19th.
    Do. Jacob Groat, Troy, N.Y., Nov 9th.
    Straw-Cutter—William Hovey, Worcester, Mass. Feb 12th.
    Do. Hiram M. Smith, Richmond, Va., Feb 20th.
    Do. Eliakim Taylor, Rochester, N.Y., Oct 12th.
    Do. Ezra Taylor, Monrow, N.Y., Nov 6th.
    Threshing Machine—Luther & Ezra Whitman, Winthro-, Me., March 20th.
    Do. Charles W. Cathdart, New Durham, Ind., April 25th and Frederick A. Stuart, Catharine, N.Y., June 5th.
    Threshing and Winnowing Machine, and Grain Separators—Jacob V. Wemple, Mohawk, and George Westinghouse, Schoharie, N.Y., July 13th.
    Winnowing, Fanning Mill for cleaning grain—Calvin O. Gnerusey, Russia, N.Y.., Oct 12th.
    Winnowing, separating grain from straw—Manniag Packard and Christian B. Packard, Clarandon, N.Y., Nov 8th.