The Irish standard., 1896-02-01
syu99SST TE 427-429 NICOLLET AVENUE.

tion of metals have been patented in our
government Office.
Butter making is encouraged by 4,435
patents either on devices employed or
methods of manufacture.
There is no leading country in the
world whose natives have not taken out
patents in the United States.
Woodworking tools have developed A.
235 patents, OF which one is an auger
which bOreS & square hole.
The vegetab les of this country may be
cut or crushed in our kitchens by the aid
.of zoos patent machines.
The art of printing is covered by 1888
patents, either of machines or special
devices employed in the work.
The inventors of artificial stone and
the manufacture of lime and cement
have taken out 1, 159 patents.
The surgeons of this country transact
business with their patients by the aid
of 1885 patent appliances.
1t seems strange, considering the deli
cate processes employed in the manufac-
ture of jewelry, that there should be only
1,106 patents i'll that line.
There is no state or territory in the
union to some OF whose citizens patents
have not been granted.
The great department stores and ele-
vators Of our cities may choose any one
of 1 .167 cash or goods conveyors.
The fire eXtinguisher is represented in
the patent office by 1923 different mod
els, each covered by papers patent.
Montana has an unusual number Of in
yentors for new state. There is one to
every 1,73S of it's population.
On stoves and furnaces 1880 patents
have been issued. covering every part of
these Indispensable articles Of comfort
The manufacture of charcoal and coke
is encouraged by the issuance of IT'S pat
ents on the processe or machinery enl-
ployed.
Rhode Island contains a large number
of inventive geniuses, the proportion be-
ing one inventor to every ], 1853 OF its pop
ulation.
Photography is not SO fully represented
in the patent office as might be supposed,
there being only 1,481 patents in this
art
Advertising devices have received
much attention at the hands Of inven-
tors, there being 1922 patents taken out
in this line. @
The man who loses and arm or leg
or hand or foot. has 421 different vari-
cites of artificial limbs or members at his
command.
The American housewife ought to make
good preserves, for this art is covered by.
1,541 patents, either appliances or of
methods. &
The annealing and tempering of met
ais have called for much attention, no
less than 736 devices for these purposes
having been patented.
The irrigation problem, together with
the necessity Of having water in every
room in the house, has called forth 7,7O7
patented appliances
Lamps and their various parts have
received much attention from the inven-
Tor, there being S,211 patented appli-
ances in this line Of lighting
The manufacture of the staff Of life is
carried on by the use Of 764 devices en-
ployed to make it or used as material
in it's manufacture.
Every American wears shoes, but not h
every American knows that 9,348 pat
ents have been taken out on the ma
chinery used in making them.
The process Of grinding and polishing
surfaces of metal. stone, wood or glass
may be accelerated by the employment
OF any one Of 1888 patents.
The problem of fencing farm land and
city lots has received extensive attention .
there being no less than 6,S07 patents up
on fencing devices and posts
More patents have been issued from
our patent office to British subjects than
to the natives of any other foreign coun-
try, the number being 6S9. & &. 4.s
Since tine invention of the first harvest
er this implement has been constantly
there being no less than 10, 155
patents upon it or it's PARTS 80 }S4g59 n
Mississippi stands next to South Caro-
lima in the scarcity of inventions, there
being in the former state only one In
ventor to every 2i s57 Of it's populations.
South Carolina patents less Inventions
In proportion to its population than any y
other state. There is one inventor to
every 1851 of its population.
The natives of Canada do not scrupIe
to take out patents in Washington; 203.
have been granted by our patent Office to
our cousins on the other side of the st. {
Lawrence.
The greatest number of patents issued
in any one line has been for devices em- \
rloyed in carriages, wagons and other
vehicles. The total number OF patents
in this line is 2O,O96. S s.#s
The ordinary reader will probably be-
to learn that ], 1877 patents have
been taken out either On different kinds
Of alcohol or on different devices for Its
s.s
According to the patent Office reports e
there are Oh different kinds Of pat-ss:
ented beds and loun ges-on which ttredas
natures sweet restorer, balmy sleep,
may be eourted. s:. s'
~ Is ia remarkable fact that 5.478 pat
ents have been issued for devices usetassa
Ii Wearingapparel. Many OF them relafeNs!!