The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-01-09
NOTES ON PATENTS.

William p. Green. of Metropolis IN
claims TO have refused an offer OF $3.50 OoC
Tor filter which he has recently nat
| ented
- Ihree patents We're recently issued 10
Cornelius Vanderbilt n one week Two
-, ~ mem are FOR railway appliances and
me other for machinery for making one
! or the new devices
The English patent rights OF the Acme
1Mhchihe Screw company. OF Hartford.
nave been recently disposed OF TO the firm
oI Z, +. Pease a. Co. OF London The
amount received was $4,000
u company mas been recently formed
win a capital of 100000 to make use of
me tln-plate manufacturing method
Mhich ls the invenuaon OF II. V. Allis OF
brlageport, Conn II is claimed that the
cost OF making tin plate is reduced by 30
per cent by the Allis patents. and the
manufacture VIII be begun AT once i'm
this country aud. England.
JOSIAH VI. Read, of Everett Mass said
to have Invented the FIRST cooking range
IN lSit died al his home In that city,
aged w lie had been an invalid for sew
~ "a, Esars Death resulted from Old age
IN lN5s ne came 10 Boston and began The
manufacture OF stoves on Blackstone
street, where he remained until tSSS
wien he retired from business at the age
Counsel for James Il. Witherow. who
mas an infringement suit for damages
aa1ldn,nuhung a1d TO between Sio.0on1 and So
WneH against the Carnegie company. has
nled Nn anOeal IN the United States cir
cult court of appeals. II is claimed thet
- saNihB OF one dollar was made on
tEtTN TON ot blast metal used I'm the man
uiacture or Bessemer steel since lSSA bv
the use OF an alleged infringement
tharles II. Munros has been designated
DN lhe ROYAL Academy of Sciences at
Stockholm 10 nominate the Ameriran In
Nentors and discOverers in The science of
chemistry who may desire to compete i'm
th- annual distribution Of prizRs which
- made under the will Of the late Alfred
Nobel Prof. Mluroe Is the dean OF The
Columbian university. other Americans
VII v, ne named to nU similar offices in
o'hcr branches OF science
boWel Draw Wbaugh. whose name ga con-
hrylrp WIN we earlN telephone work and
sups.uuent luEauun has perfected
s>slsm ot wireless eltgraphv which is
taid to have many novel features. mar
tcuiarlN its simplicity aud ga ase or n,anip-
ulation lie has succeeded TN getting
panN VIII be formed 20 push Ia AT an
earlN date. \ demonstration was given
few DAYS $50 at Eberys Mills. near
Charles s Hopkins. Of the Worcester
SOY Mas perfected machine for casting
pmtes Tor use on newspaper pr sses
Mhich hs began working on On iSq2 when
ne Was emploNe ON the Wilkesbarre Rec
ord By ihis duplication % H. possible to
iiut out duplicate plates az the rate of
six a minute. and the plates are almost
ready for the press This inprovement
represents a great economy or time
which is quite an important consideration
W AN' lAikf NfWNNAhfl Offices.
The great pressed steel industry. which
is now one Of the most formidable I'M the
world, was founded on en- almost iusig-
nihcont patent granted 10 charles n
Schoen for a device 90 hold hack the
doors ~ railway ears After THIS had
be q successfully introduced Mr. Schoen
cast about for a cheaper way of making
them. ana struck ON the method Of press
ing them from steel. Freight ears are
al present made entirely ont of pressed
steel. and thc company has more orders
than can b. hlled Iva three wears at the
pres nt capacity of the works
81. Goubert. the Inventor Of thc French
submarine h0at Ia endca voriug 10 adant
hat stNle % craft to the channel traNlc
between England and Europe and has
constructed model ~ boat designed
'or this particular purpose This has
been shown ln working order to a number |
" persons whom he hopes 10 interest in |
he scheme Tho craft a. ~ he fastened |
a. r cable and thus work ia way hack |
Ind forth ~ uuiforrl depth under the |
surface. The advantage claimed foT this |
tind 81 service h that the discon1forts /
Iimost invariably experienced hv the trip H
IN the surface will be avoided