The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1859-09-10
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Anors the thousands Of marvellous in
vcutions which American genius has pro.
duccd, with,u tie lsHS few years, are tho
following, compiled "a an abstact from
the Patent Office report. Read them
over, and then say that there is nothing
new under the sur@.
The report q. Plsins tho principle of the
celebrated Hs bb.lock. It's "uupickabil.
ity''5 depends upsn secondary or false
set Of tuiahlers, which prevent iustru-
mcnts ussd 10 pi king from reaching the
real ones. g Morcoyer, the lock is D. wder
proof, ana may Sc loaded throu Oh the
key hole aud fired off till the. BURGLAR is
,ifG u his fruitlcss works, or fears that
thSesptosions viii bring to view his e,-
perissests more witnesses than he desires,
Doors. and. shutters have been patent
cd tfat cannot be broken through with
either pick or sledge hammer. +. bur.
glars occupation is gone.
A harpoon is described which makes
the Whsle kill himself The more he
pulA the line, the deeper goes the har-
poon.
An ice making machine has been pat
cnted, which is worked by steam engine.
In an experimental trial, it froze several
bottles OF cherry, and produced blocks Of
ice, the size Of u cubic foot when the Their
n,cnseter was up to eighty degrees. 1t is
calculated that for every ton of coal put
into the. furnace, it will make u ton If
ice.a. r'5
From DR.. Dale's examiners report, We
gather some idea of the value of pat
ents. 4 man who had made slight i'm
proyement in straw cutters, took a model
States, aud after tour Of eight months,
rctured with forty thousand dollars. An
other man had made machine to thrash
audclean grain, which in fifteen months,
he sold for sixty thousand dollars. These
are ordinary cases--while such inventions
rs the telegraph, the planning machine,
aud India rubber patents, arc worth mill
ions each
Examiner Lanes report described new
electrical Inventions. Among these is
an electrical whaling apparatus, by which
the whale is literally shocked to DEATH
Another is an electro magnetic alarm,
which rings bells and displays signals in
case Of fire aud burglars. Another is an
electric clock, which wakes you up, tells
you what time it is, aud lights Il lamp for
you at any time you please.
There is "sound gathcrer," sort of
huge ear.trumpet, to be placed in front
of q locomotive, bringing up to the en-
gIncer's ears all the noise ahead, perfe CT
ly distinct, Notwithstanding the noise of
the train.
There is an invention that picks up
pins from confused heap, turns them
around with their heads up, sticks them
in papers in regular rows.
Another goes through the whole pro-
cess of cigar making, taking in the leaves
and turning out finished cigars.
One machine cits cheese; another
scours knives aud forks; another rocks
the cradle aud seven or eight take in
washing and ironing.
There is parlor chair patented that
cannot he tipped back on two legs, and
railway chair that eau be tipped back in
amy position without any legs at all
Another patent is for machine that
counts passengers in au omnibus and
takes their fares When fat man gets
in, It counts two aud charges double.
There are variety of guns patented
that lead themselves; fishing line that
adjusts its own bait, aud rat trap that
throws away the rat, and then bats itself,
and stands in the corner for another
There is a machine also, by which Il
yuan prints instead Of writes his thou hts
II is played like a piano forte. And
speaking of pianos, it is estimated that
nine thousand are made cvrry year in the
United States, giving constant employ
ment to one thousand nine hundred per-
sous, aud costing over two millions of
dollars