The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1841-08-14
Dor The Cccik Yhin.
VENDORS OF PATENT RIGHTS.

VENDORS OF PATENT RIGHTS.
There has been great deal of IMPOSE
ton, p actised by the vendors Of patent
rights.
A machine, the principles of which
have been long in use and have become
the common property of all, is dressed
up in some new form by these dealers in
patents, and some trlling alteration is
made which is called an improvement
The improver then makes model Of the
/ whole machine including his alleged i'm
provcmcnt and proceeds to Washington,
deposits his model in the Patent Office,
paws thirty dollars into the treasury, draws
up the specifications Of the whole ma
chine, then states what he claims TO be
his own invention, and makes oath that
he believes he is the sole inventor ol said
Improvement which he believes is rcry
uaiuablc, and for which he then obtains Il
patent from the State Department with the
signature of the President. lie now be-
gins to prepare for selling rights; ma
chine is then made in the most complete
manner possible, every part being nicely
finished, and fitted up i'll the most perfect
manner, so as to cXhibitto the best adyan-
lagc. The next thing is to obtain an az
tive and shrewd fellow to sell rights, one
who understands his bu,mcss, aid who
knows how to take the adva0..tr. of every
circumstance. lie has az. interest too in
all the sales he makes, and therefore has
The strongest motive Tor working to his
employers Interest. lIcnow proceeds TO
exhibit the ma chine and soon gets up an
excitement which is not very difficult TO
do, Tor although the Americans are an i'll
gcnious people. yet apart from practical
mac .lmists and few others, the true
principles of mechanics are little under
stood. and the most absurd notions arc
entertained, such as making perpetual mo-
tons. and the doctrine that the faster a
wheel goes the less power il takes to turn
it, and that certain combinations OF wheels
and levers will raise more power than Is
applied TO them.
The machine is exhibited and highly
applaudcd, numbers flock to see it, and
it is thou !ht that some iaicm principh
has been brought to light. The vcndcl
now is not Idle, he secs plainly that the
machine will be the fortune N any man
~ho wiU toEc hoM Of il. Competition
now takes place between number OF
individuals who think it will be Il money.
making business, the vcndcr sells the
right for IA high price for that particular
county or district, and makes ready tc
proceed to another, but before leaving ht
obtains Il certificate that the machine has
made the moH wondcr)M performances
crcr knowm or drcdmcd of, and obtains tn,
signatures of Judges, Members OF Con
grcss, Doctors, Lawyers SC, men whose
names will sound high, but whose knowl
edge OF mechanics and complicated ma
chnary may not be the most profound
these certificates arc printed and postct
up at the next place why're he stops, lt
exhibit, and in this manner he proceeds
Il is discovered after while that what he
claimed as his improvement had been ii
use before the date of his patent, or tina
his improvement is no Improvement at all
and that any person is at liberty to max,
and use the machine, and those who have
bought rights, if they have not paid tic
whole amount, will find themselves pref
ty snugly bound for the balance. THIS is
the manner in which die greater part o
the vendors of patent rights proceed, and
gather large sans Of money from al
honest but too crcdulous people, wlthou
giving ANY adequate compensation.
NJ.