RJM wrote on Jul 31^st, 2016 at 7:17pm:


Just examined Grant's last two books to see if there was any mention at all of brass receivers; there was none.  Grant commented that he'd never been able to track down the 1885 patent, as Dutcher did.  I've already failed at searching for this patent with Horr's name and the date, coming up with no results.  Did Dutcher specify the patent number?

RJM wrote on Aug 5^th, 2016 at 3:03pm:


Holy Smoke!!!  I'm rather flabbergasted, as I assume that for every major patent put into production, there must be several dozen that were filed but never utilized.

Could they be uploaded to this website without causing it to crash?

Redsetter wrote on Aug 5^th, 2016 at 4:43pm:


Frank,
It's far too big to upload. These are issued patents, whether or not they were ever produced. To make the file useful, I need to hot link the list of patent numbers with the PDF copies of the patents. 

My favorite one is the John Browning patent on the rifle with 8 total parts. He sold the patent to Winchester and that other genius, William Mason, refined it in a couple more patents, but it was never produced. The only one I've seen is in the Cody museum, made by Matthew Browning. 

Here's a good story: I had the good fortune to visit a big time collector maybe a decade ago. He sat me down, & there on the coffee table was an old document with an ornate seal. My reaction was neat, it's an original copy of an old patent. When I recognized it was the original Gieger rolling block patent, I almost came out of my seat! I had just been looking at it in PDF. 
Regards,
Ron