The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-02-03

sickles were made :coarser than they had beer
and all cut in one direction they were &C.. tn
machine choked, especially an damp scheat. Their
Is no machine at this time that will cut clear
damp tchedt without my improvements In Huh
stance, (see the failure of Hussey' in damp whea
in late English reports) and still it is not said her
that no reversed cut sickle had been used before
tar from it. Nor can it be supposed that petition
OF this sort lat the time it was drawn) would b
3 drawn with particular accuracy upon points no
4 essential to its object All the improvement
combined and claimed in the patentof 1845 wer
necessary to complete the cutting apparatus, ant
had my patent, and they were not abandoned
while in course of experimenting, and it was no
necessary in that petition to state at what date AM
one OF the improvements was first made.
AsI have stated, and as is seen, much expert
menting was necessary in the limited time afforded
for it TO complete delicate an operation, and G
repeat that) the reversed cut sickle was first in
/ vented and used by me in my machine prior Il
the date-from which it is claimed by Moore & Has
4 CALL 4
But in the course Of the discussion of Moore 8
Hascalfs bill in the Senate, it was stated that j
/ had been reported and passed by the House, wher
twas passed, however, without being read to it
and evidently without being understood at the
time by the House, the committee that reported IL
Tor while 1t Is obviously designed to relieve from
abandonment or dedication to the public not tt
another dndiridual sDho cannot appropriate to him
self the invention of anoher--any thing that car
be proved to have been in the burnt model (whai
was claimed not being found in drawings or speci
~ as ana therefore e4tehus Y
as for Hs,, p4.. ~ =, a,
ed at any time subsequent to, the date of the pa
tent; and yet, in subsequent report of the
o,,,, i"a, ~ VIC las. " :, w. ~ i .ae
dedicated to the public cannot be recalled, which
/ It is said would be ssmonopoly,'' &C. And
| the object and effect of the bill seemed equally
ts q ass 'ao IT,
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1851 n. 49, se Az r III,
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pa1. pls .au s .ne s es Mas
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was IN he ;ncj,,ed i; iha reto,,t tn he atendaa -
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and are Of scknowled oed vaIna and ;nnnrtance ~
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tht h e! au puse,s ~ aa anu sne iac.
h;s. ~ iA % .eli liaellnes nase ese peeH
any ma. tney are nos known out "a 'heir
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,oor 0i Sso.W-Wi'n me, uateu py theiH IN
iooo, 10 sumclent evidence tnat ue'f andchsne
Is q no pracf'cas uai'te ask then what GROUND
70 10. party unaer sucn circumstances
WIN oslei s'y parties
ae % ~ 'lie ease-of WITHOUT any SUCH cohhex.on-
a aa aPse OF seventeen years 70 present tnem
" anu Inoues'iy REQUEST ma. .hey
oA,aJ - nol apauoniien., anu paten1 DC
s,h;h 'e, 10 "p, ooe".s ~ s''nse,
,paS S .hey oltteu 10 inciude IA uet' pdtent, Soi
iooosJ and wncn mas Tor zen or nlleen years neen
,eci;o, s;thot sas pas.". Issoas ~,
~ ~, : a. say even piao ns pa!ty
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81 VIM on .ne eqssdole pfinclple cianed
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49, ~ e I IA m WIN go ~ -
rs fo. @ nase is 90 any enee.'
70 IN upon Tvs ace Is SUCH enat, as mas peen
OF us Irlenas ana aovoca.es IN Ootn
nousoe ~ Congfess nave NOT 30 undsrssoou II. IN
$50 u ssalnS aoaue ~ was oeslgneu 10 pote.t, IN
, ~ "neu i's poish VI apparent slihplS JUSTICE
10 SUCH as 70 screen us real character from the
soa u'iny ~ sqGn hinos as senators lass ana PAD
ger ana the House COMMITTEE on Patents, 1t Is in
nlely worse than II It had clearly borne upon its
rs1 ~ :. 0o 1u,'i de.ei anu Put Poeo.
KY co.ssd nave supposed, further that under
.is OH, without having taken the hrst step, dur
we Pe.lod OF sixteen or seventeen years. to es-
.apllsu q llgnt ~ patent, ACCORDING TO the forms
p,es;r,Dso Dy i Ia llor what seymour Morgan
i ;ne cutting npparasus "a an .ns reap
~ ~ =, :, any ~
1 ~ ~, !. gls:n no'ise ~ - e.
~ - 81, - % e >, ny ~ pa.es III
,apdo paossu ~ Gdse oee IA .le
aiant ~ IN
hI auu iaaAe ILo palen.e1
ne u oe o.
uiaoninesI~nethe rom 1902 OF Iooo,
luaso ,s e o Paso:it' " Tug eApisa.o',J an no,
n ~ qu.e ce1,aih. Sucn Is lis Design say ana
y was wound nave sustained
seymour q organ tneil conuhuea Infringement
OF my parents, would congress knowingly
uhoef.aKe 70 seetie flgnts OF sucn character ana
magnitude mus summary, informally and unin
teiHglDly-not to say unfatgtuHy2 and unJasstty?
how many members OF the House VINO voted Tor
THIS Dill understood the PROVISIONS and conse-
quences involved 10 1t or, rather, may not re-
spectIuiiy ASK Is mere Single inpalftdt member Of
congress acho roud hGve voted for thas OIL 1c1h a.
k'otoledge OF ats concealed character and designs
ask further, II after the passage of such bill by
congress- without having been understood or read,
the consequences described should be visited upon
some party where least looked for, whether the
hrst business done at the following session OF Con-
gress would notbe to repeal the odious act and pro-
VIDE SUCH other remedies as the case would ad-