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Scientific American. New series December 1, 1860.
- Other Title:
- The president elect's mode of buoying vessels, patented May 22, 1849.
- Authors:
- unknown
- Item ID:
- 71200908411890
- Publisher:
- New York : Munn & Company, 1860.
- Call Number:
- E457 .S354 1860
- Physical Description:
- 1 volume (pages [353]-368) : illustrations ; 36 cm
- Topic:
- Patents.
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Career in flatboating.
- Note:
- Complete issue of the weekly journal.; CLICK ON WEB ADDRESS TO REACH THIS DOCUMENT.; Improved tool for rounding felloes. -- Sketch of Professor Faraday. -- Lord Palmerston's advice to mechanics. -- The president elect's mode of buoying vessels, patented May 22, 1849. -- How gold and silver thimbles are made. -- Randal's improved combination press. -- Patent claims ... for the week ending November 20, 1860. -- Improved roofing and machine for making roofing plates.; Includes the article "The president elect's mode of buoying vessels, patented May 22, 1849" with an illustration of the model and extracts from the patent application.; Abraham Lincoln's patent is a patented invention to lift boats over shoals and obstructions in a river. It is the only United States patent ever registered to a President of the United States. Lincoln conceived the idea of inventing a mechanism that would lift a boat over shoals and obstructions when on two different occasions the boat on which he traveled got hung up on obstructions. Documentation of this patent was discovered in 1997. -- from Wikipedia article "Abraham Lincoln's patent."
- OCLC Number:
- ocn911135895
- Holding Institution:
- Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, Allen County Public Library, Fort Wayne, Indiana
- Available for Viewing:
- By appointment only
- Category:
- Books & Pamphlets
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