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(Winans, Ross; and Eaton, Orsamus). Whiting, William. ARGUMENT OF WILLIAM WHITING, ESQ., IN THE CASE OF ROSS WINANS V. ORSAMUS EATON ET AL., FOR AN ALLEGED INFRINGEMENT OF HIS PATENT FOR THE EIGHT-WHEEL RAILROAD CAR, Before Hon. Samuel Nelson, Justice of the United States Circuit Court for the Northern District of New York. Phonographically Reported by Arthur Cannon, of Philadelphia.
Boston: J.M. Hewes & Co., Printers, 1853. 1853. Very good
- Octavo, blind-stamped maroon cloth titled in gilt on the front cover. The top half of the spine is perished and the front cover detached. The corners are bumped & worn and a remnant of a library label is mounted to the bottom of the spine. 165 & [1] pages illustrated with 2 plates. In addition, there are 19 pages of supplementary material, plus a folding plate. The 19th century bookplate of the "Boston Library Society" is mounted on the front pastedown. The front endpaper is partially detached and the half-title is lacking. Else, a textually complete copy of this important railroad patent law case, with much supplementary material, and well-worth rebacking. First edition. Scarce. This book contains much technical and historical information, both within the text of the legal argument and in the supplementary material, which includes "Extracts from a Practical Treatise on Railroads, Carriages, &c. By Thomas Tredgold". Ross Winans (born in Sussex Co.. NJ in 1796 - died in 1877). An inventor and mechanic, he devised a model 'rail wagon' in 1828 which had friction wheels with outside bearings setting the pattern for railroad car wheels. While engineer with the Baltimore & Ohio from 1829-30, he assisted Peter Cooper with his "Tom Thumb" engine. For the Baltimore & Ohio, where he was employed from 1834-60, he planned the first eight-wheel passenger car and is widely credited with innovating the mounting of a car on two four-wheeled trucks. His achievements continued throughout his life, in 1842 he constructed the "Mud-Digger" locomotive that made use of a horizontal boiler, then came the first camelback locomotive and the "cigar-steamer" hull used by modern ocean liners, which he developed with his son in 1859.
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