| US Patent: 17,719 
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| Crosscut-sawing apparatus | 
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| Patentee: |  |
 | Henry F. Willson (exact or similar names) - Elyria, OH |  
 
 
 
 
 
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| Granted: | Jun. 30, 1857 |  USPTO (New site tip)
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 Vintage Machinery entry for West & Willson
 
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| Description: |  | "Fifth Annual Report of the Indiana State Board of Agriculture", 1857, lists "A reciprocating cross-cut saw, was exhibited by H. F. Wilson, of Elyria, Ohio. It may be made useful, and we therefore give it a diploma."This invention was written up in the 1857-09-12 Scientific American, which concludes, "For further information, address Messr. Willson & West, Elyria, Loraine, county, Ohio, who are constructing machines, and are prepared to receive orders for them." The 1860-07-01 Ohio Cultivator carries an ad from West & Wilson (sic) Mfg. Co. |  |