US Patent: 5,559X
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| Hoe
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Patentee:
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| Gideon Freeborn (exact or similar names) - New York, NY |
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| Not known to have been produced |
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Patent Dates:
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Jul. 07, 1829 |
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Joel Havens
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Description: |
| Most of the patents prior to 1836 were lost in the Dec. 1836 fire. Only about 2,000 of the almost 10,000 documents were recovered. Little is known about this patent. There are no patent drawings available. This patent is in the database for reference only.
"For an Improvement in the Hoe; Gideon Freeborn, New York, July 7.
The following thirty words comprise the whole of the specification.
The improvement consists solely in the use of malleable cast iron, as a material for the formation of the eye, to be fastened with rivets, or to be welded on.
We admire brevity, but it should be coupled with clearness, and this certainly is not the case with the foregoing description. What is the malleable cast-iron intended? Is it cast-iron rendered malleable by annealing? Will iron of this description weld: We apprehend that the annealed cast-iron is the kind meant, but are not aware that this can be welded."
The Journal of the Franklin Institute, Oct. 1829, pg. 249.
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