The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1853-10-26

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uanee i sill make a tqn 81 lee
Frum ~. Gsif's Ezsminsrs rsPori
- gather s9me idea 4 ths salue u
p4fepls-
A nan rko had made slight in
prssemenf IN straw cutters took NO l,
del u his machine ihraugh the West
ern States. and after tour u eight
months returned with go. 600. An
other had machine 10 thresh and clean ]
grain, hieh in fifteen monihs he sold
Tor eco. 900. A third obtained = pa
tent fora printers ink. released s50. GOO
for Il. and faalIy sold il fur SOC. 600.
These are ordinary cases. while such
inventions as the telegraph. The plan
ny machine, and the india rubber pa.
tents, are worih millions each.
Twenty seven hsFsesiers, Fifteen
plosghs. fsenty-sif seed planters. eight
ihrrshing maehines. ten corn-huiiers.
and three horse rakes have been pa
tented during the year. in addiiier TO
those now in use.
Sixnew saw mills. seven shingle split
tiers, aud twenty uew planning machines
have been patented within the year.
Seven new IachiIes that spin. TWEEN
ty thar weave. aud seven that sew are
alsn described.
Examiner Lanes report describes
various new electrical inventions. A.
mang these is an electric whaling ap>
paratgs, by which the whale - literally
" shocked TO DEATH" Another Is an
electro magnetic alarm. which rings
bells and displays signals in case Of
FIRE or burglars. Another Is an elec-
trio clock. which wakes you up any
hour YOU please.
There i "a sound gaiherer," sort
of huge ear trumpet TO be placed IN
front Of locomotive. bringing 10 the
engineers ear all the noises ahead per.
iectly distinct. notwithstanding the rat
tie az the train.
There i an inrention that picks up
pins from confused heap, turns them
all round with their heads up. aud
sticks them in papers in regular rows.
! Another goes through the whole pro-
{ cess Of cigar making. taking in thbac-
I co leaves and turning out the perfect
o article.
Y One machine cuts cheese ; another
!. scours knives and forks; another blacks
e bouts another rocks the cradle and
: seven or eight take 10 washing and
ironing.
o There is parlor chair patented that
/ cannot be tipped back on two legs. and
o q railway chair that can be tipped back
into any position without any legs al
Il Another patent is for machine thai
q counts the passengers in an omnibus
a and takes their fares When very
: Cat man gets in il counts two and char
/, ges double.
Il There are a variety Of guns patcnte'
: that load themselves; a fish line tina
Ie adjusts its. own bait; and rat.traI
that throws awav the rat. and thel
IS bats and sets itself, and stands in th
n corner for another.
$. The truths &c the Patent Office ar
v stranger than action.
is There is a machine also bv whic
re a man prints instead Of writing HI
- thoughts. II is PLAYED on like piano
Ii Anil, speaking Of pianos, il is estilnai
ed that nine thousand are made ever
le wear in the United States, giving con
II slant employment 10 one thousand min
4. hundred hands. anu costing over Nv
in millions Of dollars.
isl One class of inventions, we are gal
m to see, meet with deserved reprohatior
At Whatever NAV be said Of others, til
Examiners of the Patent Office are no
likely to esaggerate. either from igno
rance or design This is their officia
!. Judgment respecting "burning fluids !:
"There is vet much to be accom-
:. pished in periecting artificial light
:, aud it Is to be regretted that inventor
!, should be 50 generally satisfied wit
!, attempts on their part to render th
i use Of dangerous materials popular ra
n Their than escnpy themselves with III
: search after something that could b
! used to supply this want, without en-
!. dangering the safety Of all who part
= eipate in its consumption.
: !" The desire to render the use I
: highly combusiible fluid, less danger
- Gus than they can be when burnt i
!, lamps If the ordinary construction ha
: given rise to a few improvements "a
- which patents have beengranted Thu
:" far, however, nothing has been present
Ell ,asirh can render these compounds {,
!, tireh safe; while the frequent an
= dreadful accidents almost daily re
= Corded from their general use, shnul
&c prompt the public to the utmost care
" ifnot to Danish them from all dwelling;
= as novcable lights. and especially whe
: burnt in lamps of fragile materials
- Albany JosrnaL
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