The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-11-05

grand example OF the progress OF American industry
was useful school Tor those who take an interest 10
mechanics, whether for profit or pleasure IL 10 In
in industrial arts as record in which every stage q
progress be found and opportunities for future
''' '''"'" VALUE .u'S or PHOTO urHooHArur.
Perhaps OF the most valuable auxillarfes 10 the
business the onice, and OF the important
scientific Inventions OF the age 10 the system Of pno
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OF the 0ficc and growing demand for copies Of
drawings and illustrations seriously taxed the patience
and ingenuity Of Its officials. Paentees those IN.
tcrested In certain classes OF patents obliged -
have traciugs drawings made at largo EXPENSE
casioning vexatious delays and vast amount Of hard
work In 1861 during she administration OF Mr. D. p.
Holloway, an effort was made 70 reproduce drawings
~ the yiy Before Ss
turbed the patent business that It was discontinued.
But from the rst issue OF July l. 1859, the Office
each patent being made some Of them SILL In
islencc, and as compared with the present compiess
and economical system great curiostieR
xyYcr THE RECENT yIRx.
The result OF tho latc re was BY ne means disas.
trous as that Of 1885, although twensy times The
amount OF property destroyed In 1885 the model
and illustrated records OF the ONCE were I'll
consumed while nothing original was destroyed By ths
Are OF september "a except models. Or these tners
were three distinct patented the pond.
ing" and the rejected models few words will indi.
cato sher value respectively and the possible results
examiner the model goes with and is placed during
tho tendency OF tho application, on rs proper
per OF applications, however, In some classes.
that for q lew years past the examiners
cases were overorowded, and It beoame neces.
sary, short intervals 10 remove oil but Tho newest
models small rooms IN the Wcst Hall OF tho Model
Room, whore they were kept as part OF the secret
archives Of the Office There they remained until the
application finally disposed Of either by allowance
abandonment These constitute the class Of pend
ing models of which several thousand were destroyed
Their value di1cult ascertain Many Of tho cases
will undoubtedly be rejected, whom the models win
have value except curosities In case Of al
Owance any, inventor will DO invited 70 furnith
new model, which, after careful comparison BY the
examiner with the specification and drawing, will,
found Satisfactory be placed IN its proper case pre-
cisely as II II were the original
Tho pecunlary loss IN these cases falls on the In
venlor alone Hard this may appear, whore N ex-
pensive model has been destroyed through no fault
his own, there 10 no law under which no can mud
relief, by declining to furnish tho model Thtss
Of course, IL ut his option.
In allowed applications the models, while awaiting
payment Of the nal fee and OF the patent are
kept in close also the West Hall These be.
long tho class OF 'peuding" Dode but are techni-
oally known 'sissue' models, aud also numbered
several thousand. circular has been sent 10 each Of
the inventors invitipg him to furnish duplicate on
the recept Of which the will be remanded 70 the
II he finds the model acceptable, II vial Be
regarded as II original
Il will be seen that while tho aggregate money value
Of these models is very great the loss Ia, neverthe.
ess, widely distributed and by NO means rreparaoia