Annual Report of the Commissioner of Patents


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Prior to 1862, when the Department of Agriculture was established, the report on agriculture was prepared and published by the Commissioner of Patents, and forms volume or part of volume, of his annual reports, the first being that of 1840. Cf. Checklist of public documents ... Washington, 1895, p. 148.













Annual Report


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House documents


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Miscellaneous Documents


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Subject-Matter Index of Patents for Inventions


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Reprint of the original, first published in 1874.




Car Builders' Dictionary


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Definitions and typical illustrations of railroads and industrial cars, their parts and equipment; cars built in America for export to foreign countries; descriptions and illustrations of shops and equipment employed in the construction and repair of cars.