Author: Thomas Green Fessenden

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Published: 2015-07-09

Total Pages: 458

ISBN-13: 9781331048039

Excerpt from An Essay on the Law of Patents for New Inventions Be it remembered, that on the fifteenth day of November, A. D. 1821, in the forty-sixth year of the Independence of die United States of America, Thomas Green Fessenden of the said District, has deposited in this Office the Title of a Book, the Right whereof he claims as Author, in the words following, to wit: An Essay on the Law of Patents for New Inventions. By Thomas Green Ffssenden, Counsellor at Law. "As the West Indies had never been discovered without the discovery of the Mariner's Needle, so it cannot seem strange, if Science be no farther developed, if the art itself of Invention and Discovery be passed over." Bacon. Second edition. In conformity to the Act of Congress of the United States, entitled,"An Act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned: " and also to an act entitled, "An Act supplementary to an Act, entitled, an Act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies during the times therein mentioned: and extending the benefits thereof to the arts of designing, engraving, and etching historical, and other prints." About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.