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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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Whiting, William. SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES. NO. 97. ARTEMAS L. BROOKS ET AL, APPELLANTS / From the Decree of the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Massachusetts, vs. John Fiske and N. G. Norcross. Points of Argument Prepared on the Part of Said Fiske and Norcross, by William Whiting, Counsel for the Appellees. INSCRIBED by William Whiting to Charles Sumner.
Boston: J. M. Hewes and Co., 81 Cornhill, 1852. 1852. Good
- Octavo, softcover bound in printed tan wrappers. The spine & extremities are darkened & the rear wrap is detached with a light crease. There is some chipping to the edges of the wraps with some light foxing to the front wrap. 92 pages. A few pages are lightly soiled or foxed, else the contents are clean & bright. Good. Inscribed along the top edge of the front wrap: "Hon Charles Sumner / with the respects of / Wm Whiting". William Whiting [1813-1873] was a United States Representative from Massachusetts. He graduated from Harvard Law School in 1838, was admitted to the bar and began practice in Boston. He was solicitor of the War Department from 1862-1865 and was elected to the Forty-third Congress as a Republican, serving from March 1873 until his death in June that year. Charles Sumner [1811-1874] was a Massachusetts senator and "notable advocate of the emancipation of the slave and the outlawry of war..." [DAB IX: 208]. The case in question concerned a patent dispute over the invention of and improvements to a planing machine.
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