Digest of Patents Relating to Breech-loading and Magazine Small Arms (Except Revolvers) Granted in the United States From 1836 to 1873, Inclusive.

Virgil D. Stockbridge

Published by Washington, D.C., 1874

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4to. 176 p. illus. 31 cm. with errata slipped in by reverse back board. 780 patent-drawings photo-lithographed (up to ten to a page) on 84 full-page illustrations by N. Peters of Washington. Quarter bound in contemporary leather. Marbled boards. Gilt lettering on spine. Minimal wear to extremities. 5 raised bands. 6 compartments. Tight binding and good cover. Contemporary gift inscription from S. W. Wood to Albert C. Hobbs, Sept. 16, 1874. Owners name below of W(illiam) W. Thomas. Clean, unmarked pages. Alfred Charles Hobbs (October 7, 1812 - November 6, 1891) was an American locksmith and inventing of the Protector lock and became one of the founders of the lock making firm of Hobbs Hart & Co. Ltd. The company started in 1851 and was formally registered as Hobbs and Co. in 1852, but by 1855 it had become Hobbs, Ashley and Company. The name then changed to Hobbs, Ashley and Fortescue. In 1860 Hobbs returned to America and lived in Bridgeport, Connecticut, and went on to hold a dozen patents for firearm ammunition manufacturing. In 1880 he listed himself as a "Superintendent Of Cartridge Factory." William Widgery Thomas, Jr. (August 26, 1839 - October 7, 1927) was a United States politician from Maine, consul to Sweden and American Minister to Sweden and Norway in three separate terms: 1883-1885, 1889-1894 and 1898-1905. Seller Inventory # 1203260080

Bibliographic Details

Title: Digest of Patents Relating to Breech-loading...

Publisher: Washington, D.C.

Publication Date: 1874

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good