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Bridgeport he returned to Waterbury, became superintendent of the Lane Manufacturing company, and continued with them for twelve years.
Mr. French has served the city repeatedly as a councilman and an alderman and in various other positions, and was at one time the acting mayor. In 1890 he was made collector of taxes. He is a member of several fraternities, and has held high office in some of them, especially in the order of Odd Fellows. He was for many years secretary of the famous Tompkins band.
In 1857 he married Anna M. Taylor. They have had six chil- dren, three of whom are now living: Dr. Charles H. French (for whom see the chapter on the medical profession), Edward R. French of Elizabeth, N. J., and Cherrie M. French.
THE BROTHERS TRACY.
GEORGE TRACY, son of Abel C. and Caroline B. Tracy, was born in Goshen, January 6, 1848. He received his early education in the district schools of the town of Morris, and graduated at the "Gun- nery," in Washington, Conn., in 1866. He learned the trade of car- penter and builder in Torrington. He came to Waterbury about 1870 and entered the employ of John Dutton. He was afterward in business for himself, and for a time was in partnership with B. H. Eldridge. The firm of Tracy Brothers was organized in 1886. Before this, George Tracy had built the state buildings at New London, Bridgeport and South Norwalk, and since its establish- ment the firm has been widely known through its connection with the Connecticut building at the World's Fair in Chicago, and other important structures on the Fair grounds and in widely separated sections of the country.
Mr. Tracy has been a member of the common council since Jan- uary, 1893. On April 26, 1869, he married Sara Dady, of Ashford. Their children are, Edith Caroline, who became the wife of George Upham, and died March 23, 1889; Minnie Heloise (Mrs. Frank Chat- field); George Edward, who married Grace Crosby, and five younger sons and three daughters, one of whom died in infancy.
CORNELIUS TRACY was born in Litchfield, April 21, 1853. He attended school in Morris, and, like his brother, became a carpenter and builder. He came to Waterbury in 1870, and remained here until 1875, when he removed to Thomaston. In 1884 he returned to Waterbury and entered the lumber business. Since entering into partnership with his brother, he has been engaged in contracting for and erecting important buildings, such as schools, churches
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HALF-CENTURY EMPLOYEES OF THE SCOVILL MANUFACTURING COMPANY.
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I. WILLIAM A. MORRIS.
4. MERRITT TOMPKINS.
7. FRANCIS CASWELL.
2. LENTHAL S. DAVIS.
5. LUCIUS S. BEACH.
8. DAVID WELTON.
3. GEORGE TOMPKINS.
6. SAMUEL TAYLOR.
9. EDWARD TERRELL.
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factories and business blocks, in various parts of the Union. Although he has held no public office, Mr. Tracy is known as a public-spirited and philanthropic citizen. It was through his efforts that the city, at the close of the World's Fair in 1894, came into possession of the carefully selected and valuable collection of minerals and fossils now at the rooms of the Bronson library. He was also active, in cooperation with his brother and a few New Haven gentlemen, in transporting the Connecticut building from the Fair grounds at Chicago to Connecticut, and re-erecting it, for public uses, on the shore of the Sound at a point between Savin Rock and Woodmont.
On August 19, 1875, he married Lucy B. Doolittle of Bethlehem. She died February 22, 1884, leaving two daughters, and on January 18, 1887, he married Edith M. Bronson of Wolcott, by whom he has had three sons.
HALF-CENTURY EMPLOYEES OF THE SCOVILL MANUFACTURING COMPANY.
MERRITT TOMPKINS was the son of Ira and Louisa (Sutliff) Tomp- kins, and was born in Northfield, a parish of Litchfield, June 10, 1799. He came to Waterbury about 1810. He entered the employ- ment of Leavenworth, Hayden & Scovill in 1822, and continued with their various successors until some time in 1881 (a period of about sixty years), when his failing health obliged him to cease from work. He died August 28, 1886. His son, George Tompkins (page 292) had charge of a department in the Scovill manufactory for many years, and his grandson George E. Tompkins is in the com- pany's office. Three other sons, Willard, Frederick and Frank B., and one grandson, Frank B. Tompkins, are in the burnishing de- partment.
LUCIUS SMITH BEACH, son of James and Fanny (Merrill) Beach, was born in Litchfield, September 4, 1811. He came to Waterbury in 1832, and worked at the joiner's trade, and, later, for Almon Farrel as a millwright. He assisted in building the mill and wheel erected for J. M. L. & W. H. Scovill in 1839, and soon after began work in their rolling mill as a roller, where he has spent most of his life. He is now on the retired pension list, but from force of a fifty years' habit is almost daily at the mill, and makes himself useful in a variety of ways.
DAVID WELTON, son of Jabez and Betsey (Moore) Welton, was born in Waterbury, August 26, 1812. He entered the employment of J. M. L. & W. H. Scovill in 1832, and was connected with the con- cern during his life. His department was fire-gilding,-a business
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in which there is great exposure to the fumes of quicksilver. His system became so saturated with it, that simply rubbing a piece of bright yellow metal on his skin would turn it white. This at last seriously affected his health, and some years before his death he retired on the pension list, and lived upon his farm in Watertown, near Oakville,-coming to the factory only occasionally, when his advice was needed. He had a fine farm, and it gave him employ- ment. He twice represented Watertown in the legislature. Mr. Welton was a man of great physical strength. He had a very amiable temperament, and was much liked by all who knew him. He died January 1, 1892.
EDWARD TERRELL, son of Albin and Statira (Hodge) Terrell, was born January 16, 1820, in that part of Waterbury which is now Naugatuck. His father removed to the centre about 1825, and took charge of the old grist mill. He lived in the mill house, which stood near the west end of the present office of the Scovill Manu- facturing company-the road at that time running some distance further east, past the mill door. Mr. Terrell remembers the burn- ing of the button factory on the night of March 30, 1830, and the "raising" of the new factory the following year, to which the whole town was invited, and on which occasion cakes and ale were abundant.
In 1833, he began work in the factory. He worked first at bur- nishing, but after a few years turned his attention to chasing, and for the last fifty years has had charge of the chasing department. He has almost always prepared the tools with his own hands, and has devised many thousand different patterns. Although slight of figure and not specially robust, he has lost very little time from his work, and after sixty-two years of continuous service is still daily at his post with zeal unabated. He says that during this time he has never been reprimanded but once, and that was about sixty years ago, when he polished his skates on William Eaves's lap- wheel. Mr. Eaves complained to Mr. William Scovill, who told him "he musn't do so any more; Mr. Eaves didn't like it."
Mr. Terrell is a much esteemed citizen, and has been a member and an officer of the Baptist church since a time as remote as most people can remember.
CHAPTER XXVI.
THE FIRST UNITED STATES PATENT - THE SECOND, TO A WATERBURY MAN - RIVAL CHEESE-PRESSES IN 1808 - TWENTY-SIX PATENTS BEFORE 1851-TABLE FOR FORTY YEARS-RATIO OF PATENTS TO POPULATION-WATERBURY IN ADVANCE OF OTHER COMMUNITIES- NUMBER AND VARIETY OF THE PATENTS; IMPORTANCE OF SOME -NUMBER OF PATENTEES-CO-OPERATION-LONG PRODUCTIVENESS -UNWRITTEN RECORDS-FULL LIST, WITH DATES AND DESIGNATIONS -THE BOARD OF TRADE-THE WOMEN'S EXCHANGE-THE WATER- BURY CLUB.
I T appears from records referred to in a note on page 257 of this volume that the first United States patent ever issued was granted to Stephen Hopkins, who was the great-grandson of John Hopkins, the famous Waterbury miller. The second was granted to Jared Byington, who was himself a Waterbury man, a resident in Salem society (see page 257). This was in 1796, and the next indication of inventive activity (so far, at least, as official records show) was in 1808, when E. Warner received a patent for a cheese-press. Warner's patent is dated April 12, and it is interest- ing to discover-by means of a document that has been preserved in the Harrison family-that on September 12 of that same year another machine which may very well have been a competitor of Warner's was in the field. The essential part of the document is as follows:
Know all men by these presents that we, Ephraim and Elisha Kellogg, of Shef- field, in the county of Berkshire and the commonwealth of Massachusetts, have bargained and sold and conveyed to Benjamin Upson and Lemuel Harrison and David Prichard, Jr., all of Waterbury, in the county of New Haven and state of Connecticut, the right of one certain machine, it being for pressing cider and cheese; which right we, the said Ephraim and Elisha [Kellogg], have obtained from Eben- ezer Benedict of New Marlborough in the county and commonwealth aforesaid, he being the true patent[ee] by letters patent from the President of the United States of America, bearing date the 21st day of March, A. D. 1808. The said Upson and Harrison and Prichard are by these presents authorized to convey the use and privilege of the said cider and cheese-press to any person or persons in and for the county of New Haven (excepting the towns of Wallingford and Cheshire, which being bargained before), -- an exclusive right of the said improvement for the term of fourteen years from the 21st day of March, A. D. ISos, for the limits above mentioned.
Six years clapsed before any other patent was granted to a Waterbury man. On June 14, 1814, Benjamin Hoadley took out a
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patent "for shaving wood," and on August 22 of the same year two patents were granted for machines connected with the manufacture of clocks,-one to H. Bronson of Waterbury and J. Curtis of Cairo, N. Y., "for turning and slitting pinions for wooden clocks," and the other to A. Sperry for "a machine for pointing wire for clocks." After another interval of six years, that is, on June 15, 1820, Azariah Woolworth (see page 454) procured a patent on a machine for turning gun-stocks; and from that time to the close of 1850 the number of patents procured by Waterbury men was twenty-one. Of these, four related to button making, and eight to other indus- tries which have since reached importance in the town. The last patent of the half century was that procured by A. B. Wilson for his sewing machine, dated November 12, 1850. The number of patents procured by Waterbury men between 1851 and 1890 is shown in the following table:
YEARS.
PATENTS.
PATENTS.
1851-1855
26
YEARS. 1871-1875
I33
IS56-IS60
62
1876-1880
184
IS61-1865
77
1886-1890 18SI-1885
267
1866-1870
139
336
.
If the twenty-six before referred to are counted in, we shall have a total of 1250 patents procured between 1808 and 1890. This includes fifty-seven "designs," and includes also ninety-two inventions in each of which two or more persons had a recognized share. The table shows a considerable increase for each quinquennial period over the preceding one, with one exception. That this increase has kept pace with the increase of the population-at all events between 1880 and 1890-is evident; for in 1880 the proportion of Waterbury patents to the population of the city was as one to 442, and in 1890 it was as one to 405. As the proportion of Connecticut patents in 1890 to the population of the state was as one to 796, and as the ratio in Connecticut is higher than anywhere else, unless it be in the District of Columbia, to which inventors naturally flock, it becomes evident that in inventive ingenuity Waterbury takes the lead of all other communities.
It ought to be understood, however, that the large total of 1250 does not represent 1250 distinct inventions. According to the rules of the Patent Office several patents are in many cases required to cover or protect a single invention. But after all, no one can go through the condensed list which follows in this chapter without being impressed with the immense variety of the articles named and the large number of distinct inventions. The miscellaneousness of the list is very noticeable, but after all is not
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THE RECORD OF INVENTORS AND THEIR PATENTS.
as great as at first glance it appears to be. A large proportion of the patents relate to those special manufactures which have long been characteristic of Waterbury, such as buttons, lamps, clocks, watches, tubing and the like. Besides, it must be remembered that in a manufacturing "atmosphere " an inventive activity is devel- oped which overflows into various channels. While some of these Waterbury patents have covered inventions of insignificant or transient value, others have been epoch-making in the history of labor-saving machinery. It may seem invidious to specify any of these, but no one can question the importance not only to the inventor, but to Waterbury and in some cases to the world at large, of such inventions as A. B. Wilson's sewing machine, Azariah Woolworth's lathe for turning irregular forms, Charles Goodyear's process for vulcanizing India rubber, H. W. Hayden's new method of making brass kettles, Alfred Platt's "buckwheat fan," L. S. White's burnishing machine and his appliances for lighting gas by electricity, E. S. Hayden's process for electrolyzing copper, B. L. D'Aubigné's tubular rivet, and D. A. A. Buck's "Waterbury watch;" and not a few others might with equal propriety be enumerated.
The number of different patentees in the following list is 422. These may be accepted almost without exception as Waterbury men; that is, men who were actual residents of Waterbury at the time their patents were obtained. Some of them, it is true, resided here only a short time; but on the other hand there are Waterbury inventors, of no little celebrity, who are not included in this list because their patents were granted either before or after their residence here. Of these one of the most famous is Charles Good- year .* Another noteworthy inventor is Theodore R. Timby, the originator of the "revolving tower" which is now in use in the . navies of nearly all nations.t The list includes also a considerable number of persons who, although residing out of Waterbury, are joint-patentees with Waterbury inventors.
Another fact worthy of note is the large number of patents which some individual inventors have taken out, or rather, the great extent of the period of their inventive activity. In the fol- lowing list there are at least twenty persons, each of whom has
* Mr. Goodyear was living in Naugatuck in 1842, when he completed his first series of patents, and at that date Naugatuck was still a part of Waterbury .- F. J. K.
+ Mr. Timby came to reside in Waterbury about 1857. The revolving tower was invented before this, but was not patented until 1862, in which year he contracted with the builders of Ericsson's "Monitor" for the use of it upon that vessel for the sum of $5000. He invented also a barometer, the special merit of which was that by turning a key the quicksilver could be confined within the bowl, so that the instrument could be safely transported The manufacture of barometers of the Timby pattern was begun here, but did not prosper. Specimens are still to be seen, however, in Waterbury, bearing the inscription, "Timby's Patent, 1857."
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secured more than ten patents. When we remember the rules of the Patent Office this does not surprise us; but it is certainly inter- esting to find that the patent record of eight of these men covers a period of twenty-two years, that five of the eight have a record of over twenty-five years, that L. J. Atwood's sixty-two patents cover a period of twenty-eight years, that L. S. White's thirty patents range from April, 1859, to November, 1890, and that H. W. Hay- den produced his first patent on June 17, 1851, and his thirty-ninth on March 4, 1890.
To the hasty reader this list will seem to be a mere catalogue of names and dates. But in instances not a few the names and dates cover remarkable histories, or hint at strange vicissitudes in the lives of ordinary men, or point, perhaps, to inventions which con- · stitute important landmarks in the record of the industrial devel- opment of America. One cannot but wish that the hidden story could be brought to view and unfolded fully; but the bare catalogue will show impressively how great has been the inventive activity of Waterbury during the forty years since she became a city, and how the genius of her busy men-employers and employees alike- has touched and shaped the lives of communities far away.
The record contains, first, the names of all Waterbury patentees (and also of joint-patentees) between 1808 and 1890 in alphabetical order; secondly, the years which mark the limits of their produc- tive activity, so far as their patents show it; thirdly, the designa- tions of some of the patents; and fourthly, the number of patents granted to each patentee. As the whole number, as already stated, is 1250, it is evident that only a selection of patented articles and pro- cesses is here given. In cases in which an inventor's patents number only two or three, it is not difficult to include all in a brief space; where they number from five to fifty, of course only a few can be named. So far as possible, those patents have been chosen for men- tion which seem to be the most important, or which, for one reason or another, have some special significance.
WATERBURY INVENTORS AND THEIR INVENTIONS,
1808-1890.
J. W. ABBOTT, 1884, Design for bottle-top handle.
GEORGE ADAMS, 1886, Mold for casting tubes.
J. ADT, 1860-63, Locks, bolts, etc., 5.
L. F. ADT, 1887-88, Photographic frames, trays, etc., 7.
J. W. ALLDERIDGE, 1888-89, Print mounter, etc., 3.
C. F. ALLEN, 1880-83, Corset, 6.
T. W. ALLEN, 1871, Shot-pouch charger, 2. .
C. C. ANDREWS, 1887-90, Sheet-metal knobs and rings, 3.
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F. ARMSTRONG, 1867, Sewing machine.
H. H. ASHENDEN, 1890, Flame extinguisher.
R. J. ASHWORTH, 1890, Shade holder.
L. J. ATWOOD, 1862-90,
Lamps, burners, shoe-nails, apparatus for bundling scrap metal, etc., 60.
L. J. ATWOOD and W. F. LEWIS, 1887,
Lamp burner.
L. J. ATWOOD and F. W. TOBEY, 1889-90,
Lamp holder and burner, 4.
W. S. ATWOOD, 1878-84, Shaft-tip, umbrella tip, etc., 3.
S. B. BACON, 1888, Cuff-holder.
JONATHAN BADGER, 1890, Scissors, wick trimmer, etc., 4.
J. H. BAIRD, 1862-63, Applying clasps to skirts.
J. H. BAIRD and W. F. LEWIS, 1863, Device to prevent retrograde motion in sewing machines.
S. A. BALDWIN, 1861-62, Skirt supporter, door plate, etc., 3.
ARCHIBALD BANNATYNE, 1887-90, R. BRASS and L. CHEVALLIER, 1870, Clock case, dial, alarm, etc., 13. Wire cradle.
W. B. BARNARD, 1858-67, Blind fastening, shears, etc., 14.
E. T. BARNUM, 1865, Button.
W. B. BARTRAM, 1856, Sticking pins in paper.
P. G. BATES 1854, Spiral hinge.
S. BEERS, 1839, Odometer for wheels.
F. S. and E. B. BELANGER, 1885, Pulley.
S. G. BLACKMAN, 1862-68, Lamp, car-seat, 2.
A. S. BLAKE, 1859-84,
Traps, springs, cartridges, pulleys, locks, etc., II.
E. W. BLAKE, 1885, Bedstead.
J. P. BLAKE, 1858-62,
Machinery for making sewing-machine needles, etc., 3.
SARAH W. BLAKE, 1874, Piano pedal attachment.
W. H. BLAKE, 1869-79, Umbrella handles and tips, button shanks, etc., 6.
E. C. BLAKESLEE, E. PLATT, JR,, E. JORDAN, 1856, Machine for making brass kettles.
E. C. BLAKESLEE, 1862-77, Lamps, burners, buckles, etc., 8.
G. G. BLAKESLEE, 1888, Wire-drawing machine.
E. L. BOLSTER, 1867, Blacking-dish and knife.
B. H. BRADLEY, 1868, Picture nail. W. BRAITHWAITE, 1872, Shears.
R. T. BREWER, 1890, Curtain-pole fixtures.
H. BRONSON and J. CURTIS, 1814, Pinions for wooden clocks.
J. F. BRONSON, 1871, Printers' galley.
J. H. BRONSON, 1877, Pin package. H. P. BROOKS, 1869-76, . Knife, scissors sharpener, bread toaster, buckle, etc., 7.
C. BENEDICT, 1850, Suspender buckle. PETER BROOKS, 1871-76,
H. BENNETT, 1871,
Punching machine, etc., 2.
Securing cloth on carding-machine cyl- W. B. BROOKS, 1886-87, inders, II.
Shaft tip, etc., 2.
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HISTORY OF WATERBURY.
E. BROWN, 1854-60,
Machine for beveling daguerreotype plates, etc., 3.
E. BROWN and W. H. VAN GIESEN, IS61,
Hinge-making machine.
PHILO BROWN, 1856-75, Soldering- furnace, etc., 2.
W. H. BROWN, 1879, Utensil for mix- ing liquids.
W. H. BROWN and ISAAC OSGOOD, IS7S,
Knife-handle.
WV. H. BROWN and F. J. SEYMOUR, IS79,
Steam-boiler.
W. E. BRYANT, 1888, Electric switch.
JOHN BUCHANAN, 1883, Garment clasp.
D. A. A. BUCK, 1879-85,
Stem-winding watch, dial, etc., 12. H. W. BUCKLAND, 1888, Clasp.
H. M. BUELL, 1873-74, Peg-cutter, 2. J. E. BURNES, 1890, Wire-drawing machine, 2.
A. M. BURRITT, 1881-88, Fire extinguisher, etc., 12.
A. M. BURRITT and A. C. BURRITT, G. M. CONDIT, JR., 1885, 1882,
Fire extinguisher.
A. M. BURRITT and L. D. CASTLE, 188I,
Fire extinguisher.
A. M. BUTTS, 1870, Snow plow.
F. D. CADY, 1884, Electric conductor. ROBERT CAIRNS, 1872, Gear cutting machine.
JAMES CALLAN, IS88, Metal tube. W. H. CAMP, 1880-83, Post office box and lock, etc., 9.
W. B. CARGILL, 1860-81, Cotton picker, corset spring, etc., 5.
L. D. CASTLE, ISS3, Tap for gas fittings, etc., 2.
S. M. CATE, IS65, Forming sheet-metal tubing.
S. M. CATE and E. JORDAN, 1885, Dies for metal tubes.
G. P. CHAPMAN, IS81, Device for introducing pans into fur- naces.
S. A. CHAPMAN, 1867-86, Burnishing machine, hinge, etc., 5.
S. A. CHAPMAN and D. F. DALTON, 1886,
Suspender buckle.
T. W. CHAPMAN and ELISHA KING, 1878,
Thill coupling.
H. CHATFIELD, 1855, Rake. W. A. CHURCH, 1889, Stove grate.
J. H. CLARK and J. LINES, 1887, Wick-tube.
R. J. CLAY, 1880, Toy watch. W. H. CLAY, 1888, Soldering-clamp.
G. H. CLOWES and E. L. FRISBIE, JR., 1883, Fire escape, 2.
B. L. COE, 1889, Globe holder.
Carpet fastener.
GEORGE CONOVER, 1888, Clothes drier, 2.
T. K. CONWAY, 1890, Necktie fastener.
J. C. COOKE, 1852-63, Button-back machine, Jacquard loom, 2.
WILLIAM COOLEY, 1877, Obtaining cream from milk.
H. E. COPLY, 1861, Photographic medal.
P. F. COUGHLAN, 1888, Hat hanger. W. E. CRANE, 1880, Governor. J. V. C. CRATE, 1864, Hinge.
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THE RECORD OF INVENTORS AND THEIR PATENTS.
E. A. CREW, 1872, Rose door knob. EDWARD CROFT, 1865-85,
Screw-threading machine, horse shoe A. FERRY, 1868, Iron fence. nail, etc., 8.
H. CROSBY, JR., 1857, Umbrella cane. F. E. CROSS, 1885-88, Divided pulley, pencil tip, 2.
F. E. CROSS and R. G. SPEIRS, 1879, Wire-straightening machine.
D. F. DALTON, 1886-88, Shoe clasp, 3.
H. A. DANIELS, 1869-70, Lubricator, 2. C. J. DARRINTON, 1851, Mounting hooks and eyes.
B. L. D'AUBIGNÉ, 1879-80, Tubular rivet, etc., 2.
G. M. DAVIS, 1887, Elevator.
LENTHAL S. DAVIS, 1874, Card-holder, etc., 2.
S. E. DAVIS, 1857, Twine reel.
J. W. DAYTON, 1870-72, Rosettes, etc., 3.
ADOLPH DELESCAMP, 1881-85, Eyelet, wagon-wheel, sled, 3.
FERDINAND DEMING, 1872-75, Feeding device for punching-machines, etc., 3.
H. W. DEMING, 1889, Paper box, 2.
C. S. DIKEMAN, 1883, Napkin holder.
J. H. DOOLITTLE, 1855, Knitting machine.
G. E. DUMAS, 1890, Butter box. W. B. DUNBAR, 1839-59, Die for buttons, ladle and fork, 2.
F. J. EDWARDS, 1887, Button.
J. C. EGGLESTON, 1866-78, Lubricating apparatus, etc., 2.
H. J. EISEN, 1886-87, Parallel ruler, etc., 2.
DARWIN ELLIS, 1864-79, Fishing-line reel, watch-keys, 2.
DARWIN ELLIS and P. HINE, 1860, Portable match case.
A. D. FIELD, 1889-90, Fastener for stair rods, etc., 2.
E. S. FIELD, 1879, Tube-scraping machine.
H. P. FISKE, 1888-89, Decorative nails, 4.
J. L. FITZPATRICK, 1869, Corset steel. G. FOWLER, 1864, Sewing-machine cloth-holder.
J. H. FOWLER and A. J. FRENCH, I866,
Machine for trimming percussion-caps.
T. FOWLER, 1854-58, Pin-sticking machine, etc., 6.
W. N. FOWLER, D. FOWLER and S. E. HARTWELL, 1847, Machinery for making cigars.
ARASMUS FRENCH, 1855, Knitting machine, etc., 2.
A. FRENCH and C. FROST, 1856, Paper-pulp boxes.
A. J. FRENCH, 1867-72, Machine for lining percussion caps, 2.
H. W. FRENCH, 1885, Making covered buttons.
C. FROST, 1859, Door-fastening.
J. G. DOHERTY, 1885, Pendulum level. C. FROST and A. W. WEBSTER, 1856 Stone-cutting machine.
F. L. FULLER and G. H. GRIS- WOLD, 1890, Cash register, 2.
E. H. GAYLORD, 1875, Safety-pin.
E. H. GAYLORD and JOEL JEN- KINS, 1886, Safety-pin machine.
J. E. GAYLORD, 1874, Cellar window-frame, etc., 2.
W. GEDDES and M. E. FITZPAT- RICK, 1890, Tube-making machine.
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HISTORY OF WATERBURY.
E. B. GIBBUD, 1865-71,
Tinman's furnace, necktie retainer, 2. A. J. GOODRICH, 1867-78, Marine clock regulator, etc., 2.
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