The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-02-07
PATENTS AND INVENTIONS.
STATISTICS or MECHANICAL Eg- FORT ALONG VARIOUS LINES.

Connecticut Has an Inventor for Every
 o93 Inhabitants-South Carolina Has
 Had Only One Inventor for Every go ,5S1
 -2O,O96 Patents Issued for Vehicle De-
 vices.
 The Connecticut Yankee still pre-
 serves his pre-eminence as an inventor
 For the last few years more patents in
 proportion to population have been is-
 sued to Connecticut than to any other
 state. At present one man in every
 ventor,
 It is remarkable fact that 5,479 pa
 tents have been issued for devices used
 in wearing apparel. Many of them re-
 late to the method of cutting and fit
 ting, while others are concerned with
 peculiar devices employed to strengthen
 the material in certain parts of the gar
 ment,
 Strange to say, the District of Colum-
 bla contains remarkable number of in-
 ventors, one to every 1.379 of the popula-
 tion. This state of affairs may possibly
 be explained on the supposition that
 many inventors make a. temporary
 home in the District for the purpose of
 forwarding the interests of their devil
 ces.
 According to the patent office reports,
 there are 5,014 different kinds of patent
 ed beds and lounges on which "tired na-
 lures sweet restorer, balmy sleep may
 be courted.
 oagJ tsfo oo1y hoe
 close attention at the hands of the
 American inventor, 3,0S9 appliances
 having been devised for the comfort
 and convenience of domestic animals.
 The natives of Germany come next in
 order to those of England in the matter
 of taking out patents in this country The number of patents issued to sub jects of the Kaiser is 5S2. Massachusetts stands next to Con necticut in the number of it's inventors in proportion to population. In the Bay State one man in every 1886 of the pop ulation patents something every year. That music hath charms to soothe the savage breast of the inventor is demon- strated by the fact that he has taken out 3,92S patents on musical instru- ments, or the various parts thereof. The bees of America have no reason to complain of neglect, there being 99S pa tent hives in which the busy bee, that, according to the poet, improves each shining hour, may store up it's honey. The butcher has 97S patents which may be employed or not, as he chooses in his business Most of them are de- vices used in the large pork packing es- sablishments
 The manufacture of India rubber is protected by 1864 patents. The young American idea is taught to shoot by means of 793 patents issued upon as many educational appliances. The old-fashioned birch ruler or section of rubber hose used in education is not protected by patent and may be em- ployed by any pedagogue. More patents have been issued from our patent office to British subjects than to the natives of any other foreign country the number being 6S9 Since the invention of the first har- S vester this implement has been con 4 stantly improved, there being no less than 10, 155 patents upon it or it's parts. Mississippi stands next to South Car olina in the scarcity of inventions, there being in the former state only one in ventor to every 21,S57 of it's population. Window shades have received exten- sive attention at the hands of the in- Z ventor there being :, 1855 patents upon them and the devices to keep them in place.
 South Carolina patents less inventions in proportion to it's population than any other state. There is only one inventor to every 25,5S1 of it's population. The American farmer will probably be surprised to learn that there are 10,-. 122 different models of ploughs in the patent office, on all of which patents have been issued.
 The natives of Canada do not scruple to take out patents in Washington; 296 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 en- ployed in carriages wagons and other vehicles. The total number of patents in this line is 2O,096
 The ordinary reader will probably be surprised to learn that 1,137 patents have been taken out either on different kinds of alcohol or on different devices < for it's manufacture. The new woman may choose any one of 1506 different kinds of crinoline and corsets, all of which have been patented The painter of this country is aided by 2,O43 patents covering his paints, brushes and other materials and appli- ances.
 The granger of America need be at no loss for a harrow, 4,691 patents having been issued on these aids to agricultural toll.
 On stoves and furnaces Is, 340 patents have been issued covering every part of these indispensable articles of comfort. The manufacture of charcoal and coke s is encouraged by the issuance of IFS pa tents on the processes or machinery em- E ployed.
 Rhode Island contains a large number of inventive geniuses, the proportion be- ing one inventor to every 1,75S of its population.
 Photography is not so fully represent ed in the patent office, as might be sup posed. there being only 1,4S1 patents in this art.
 Advertising devices have received n,11ch a tsautiop a thp hands of the in-