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Fitzgerald, Thomas E.
Brooks, Byron A.
S.S. White Dental Manufacturing Co.
Peyton, Joseph I.
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1890-1897
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0.3 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0365
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
This collection documents a patent dispute between the S. S. White Dental Manufacturing Company and the Williams Typewriter Company.
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Charles Richardson Pratt Papers
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering, Division of [former name], NMAH, SI.
History of Technology, Division of, NMAH, SI
Pratt, Charles Richardson, 1860-1935
Work and Industry, Division of, NMAH, SI
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1860-1935
bulk 1910-1924
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6 Cubic feet (13 boxes, 8 oversize folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0958
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The papers document the professional career of mechanical engineer, Charles Richardson Pratt. The papers include correspondence, patents, patent application materials, agreements, photographs, publications, and blueprints for many of Pratt's inventions, especially his work on elevators.
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Welsbach, Carl Auer von, Baron
Forscher, Frederick
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1890.
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1 Item
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0438
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Letter, written by Carl Auer Von Welsbach to the Austrian Gas and Electric Company, February 23, 1890. It records his sale to that utility of the gaslight mantle he invented.
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Forgie, James
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1890 - 1949
bulk 1900-1935
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38.8 Cubic feet (85 boxes; 33 map-folders; 18 volumes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0986
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The papers contain correspondence, reports, drawings, blueprints, cost estimates, contracts, specifications, regulations, legal documents, photographs, profiles, diagrams, clippings, and publications concerning projects which Forgie worked on, especially the Holland and Lincoln Tunnels, the Midtown Hudson Tunnels in New York City. Also included are...
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Woodard, William E., 1873-1942 (inventor)
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1909 - 1949
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3.3 Cubic feet (6 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0125
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection consists of United States, Canadian, Mexican and other foreign patents issued to William E. Woodard from 1909 to 1949. The patents are for Woodard's developments in steam and electric locomotive design.
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Gates, Elmer, 1859-1923
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1894-1988
bulk 1894-1910
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1.5 Cubic feet (5 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1123
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Papers document the life of Elmer Gates (1859-1923), an independent American inventor and psychologist. Gates developed ideas related to experimental psychology and inventions in fields such as metallurgy, electricity, microscopy, X-rays, and pedagogy. Papers include correspondence, photographs, patents, articles and clippings, writings, and estate documents.
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Gathmann, Louis
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1887-1907
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0.05 Cubic feet (1 folder)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.1095
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of three patents issued to Louis Gathmann.
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Whitney, George Eli, 1862-1963 (engineer)
Transportation, Division of, NMAH, SI.
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1898-1957
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0.2 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0463
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Correspondence includes about 3 dozen handwritten letters to John H. Bacon from Whitney. Bacon apparently undertook the task of collecting documentation of Whitney's career in the 1950s. Another 30 letters involve former associates of Whitney's, particularly Nathaniel Henry Cooledge (known as "Oliver") who was associated with Whitney as his trust...
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Bachelet, Emile, 1863-1946
Bachelet, Albert E.
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1890 - 1973
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0.3 Cubic feet (3 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0302
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents Emile Bachelet, inventor of electro-magnetic therapeutic devices for the treatment of rheumatism.
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Wurtz, Henry, 1828-1910
Physical Sciences, Division of (NMAH, Smithsonian Institution).
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1861-1885
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2 Cubic feet (5 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0006
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Wurtz's scheme, presented in a report to the stockholders, was a new method for the dry distillation of non-caking coal to obtain liquid oils and paraffin. Included in this box are: the report to the stockholders of the Union Chemical Manufacturing Co., 1883; patent specifications, 1881; correspondence with the Patent Office, prospectus on coal distillation, 1885; a notebook of minutes from meetings of Union Chemical Manufacturing Co., 1881-1883.