Confederate invention:the story of the Confederate States Patent Office and its inventors
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Louisiana State University Press,
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Publisher Address: | Baton Rouge |
Publication Dates: | c2011. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
Series: |
Conflicting worlds : new dimensions of the American Civil War |
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Carrier Form: | xii, 400 p.: ill., maps ; 24 cm. |
ISBN: |
9780807137628 (cloth : alk. paper) 0807137626 (cloth : alk. paper) |
Index Number: | N18 |
CLC: | N18-097.12 |
Call Number: | N18-097.12/K697 |
Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 365-381) and index. The heritage of successful nineteenth-century inventors -- Political realities in the United States prior to the Civil War -- Formation of a new government in the South -- Motivations for a system for recording and patenting inventions -- The standard for patenting in the United States in 1861 -- The Confederate States Patent Office takes shape -- North-South patent statistics -- Popular hypotheses for the lack of Southern patenting -- Reasons for the lack of Southern patenting -- Supporting the cause : the heady days of 1861 -- The Confederate States of America Patent Law change -- The steady decline : 1863 and 1864 -- The fall of Richmond -- The remains of the Confederate States Patent Office -- Conclusion -- Appendix 1: List of Confederate patentees -- Appendix 2: Surviving patent assignments from the Confederate States record of assignments book -- Appendix 3: Biographical profiles of patentees and assignees -- Appendix 4: The Confederate States record of assignments book. |