1959 · New York
by Isaac S. Clough & Samuel R. Burrell
New York, 1959. Manuscript Patent Drawing. Oblong 4to. 260 x 385 mm. (10 x 15 inches). Text in brown ink and four drawing in black ink. On coated paper. Small tear to lower margin, some minor discoloration to the paper, otherwise very good.Patent number 24.375, signed by Clough and Burrell and witnessed by A. Sidney Drane and I. Townsend Cannon. Received by Arthur L. McIntire of Director of the Patent Office. The patent record located online dates the application and drawing to June 14, 1859. It reads in part that Isaac Clough and Samuel Burrell, "have invented a new and Improved Fly and Mosquito Trap and hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings. . ." The record goes on to describe all the components of the drawings, how the 'trap' is constructed and operated, and some information about a competing trap patented by T. Gilbert and T. M. Scott.Attractive drawing showing how the flies or mosquitoes enter the cylinder trap and not allowed to escape. Wonderful exhibition item reinforcing the idea of 'Yankee Ingenuity". A copy of the patent application is supplied. (338). (Inventory #: 338)