Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1859-12-28
MARVELLOUS LATE INVENTIONS.

Among the novel inventions which A
merican genius has produced within the
last few years, are the following. compiled
from the Patent Office Report: The report
explains the principle of the celebrated
Hobbs lock. Its ''unpiekability" depends
upon 4 secondary or false set Of tumblers.
which touches the real ones. Moreover.
the lock is powder proof, and may he load
ed through the key-hole and fred of. till
the burglar is tired of the fruitless work.
or fears the explosions will bring to view
his experiments more witnesses than he de-
sires. A harpoon is described which makes
the whale kill himself-the more he pulls
the line. the deeper goes the harpoon. An
iee-making machine has been patented.
which is worked by a steam-engine. In an
experiment it froze several bottles Of sher.
ry. and produced blocks of ice the size of q
cubic foot, when the Thermometer was up
to eighty degrees. 1t is calculated that fer
every ton of coal put into the furnace. it
Will make ton of ice. From Mr.. Exam
iner Dale's report We gather some idea Of
the value of patents A man who had
made slight improvement in straw-eut-
ters, took model of his machine through
the Western States. and after tour Of
eight months, returned with forty thousand
dollars. Another man had machine to
thresh and clean grain, which. in ffteca
months, he sold for sixty thousand dollars.
These are ordinary cases, while such in
ventiOns as the telegraph. the planning ma
chine. and India rubber patents, are worth
millions each.
Examiner Lanes report describes new
electrical inventions. Among these is IN
electrical whaling apparatus. by which the
whale is literally shocked to death. -
Another is an electromagnetic alarm. which
rings bells and displays signals in ease Of
fire and burglars. Another is an electric
clock. which wakes you up. tells you what
time it is, and lights lamp for you at any
hour you please. There is '.sound-eath-
erer." sort of huge ear trumpet, to be
placed in front of locomotive, bringing to
the engineers ear all the noise ahead. per
fectly distinct, notwithstanding the noiss
of the train. There is an invention that
picks up pins from confused heap. turns
them around with their heads up. and then
sticks them in paper in perfect regular rows.
Another goes through the whole process Of
'isar-making, taking in leaves and turning
'ut finished cigars One machine cats
'heese; another one scours knives and forks
md another rocks the cradle, and seven or
light take in washing and ironing There
S parlOr chair patented that cannot bs
ipped back on two legs. and railway
hair that can be tipped back in any posi-
ion without any legs at all
Another patent is for machine that
cunts passengers in sn omnibus and takes
heir fare When very fat man gets in.
counts two and charges double. There
re variety of guns patented that losd
hemselves; fishing line that adjusts its
wn bait, and a rat-trap which throws the
at away, and then bats itself and stands
a the corner for another. There is mo-
hine. also. by which man prints instead
writes his thoughts. 1t is played ike
piano forte. And. speaking It pianos, il
estimated that nine thousand are made
very year in the Uniicd States, giving cor
tant employment to one thousand nine
undred persons, and cost over two mil
Ons of dollars