{"product_id":"rockford-illinois-patents-1900-1910","title":"Rockford, Illinois Patents 1900-1910","description":"\u003cp\u003eI expect these early patents to be of interest to anyone with knowledge of some of the early Rockford, Illinois innovators and industries such as- Barber-Colman Co, W F \u0026amp; John Barnes, William Worth Burson, Howard D , Colman, Emerson Mfg Co, Ingersoll Milling Machine Co, William Person, Lewis E, Waterman.\u003cbr\u003e\nOnly the first page of a patent is shown. There are usually additional pages of illustrations, description and claims. A few of them are design patents claiming a novel appearance to the item.\u003cbr\u003e\nI especially like seeing the farm equipment patents since most of my career was spent in that type of engineering for the J I Case Company of Racine, Wisconsin.\u003cbr\u003e\nOne in particular is 1906 patent number 832938; Scraper; Waterman, Lewis E; Assignor to Emerson Mfg Co; Rockford; October 9, 1906. It is similar to a planter disk opener that I worked on in 1950's. At that time the office where I worked was located in a former Emerson-Brantingham building. Lewis E Waterman seems to be a prolific inventor of farm equipment for Emerson Mfg Co.  In an eleven-year span, he was credited with 43 patents, all assigned to Emerson. I have been unable to find much of his biographical information. If you are aware of any additional information, please let me know.\u003cbr\u003e\nRockford City Directories have Lewis E Waterman employed by Emerson Mfg for- 1902, 1903, 1905, 1907, 1908 and, 1909 as an inventor. \u003cbr\u003e\nThe book is indexed.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harold A Ralston","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44934931972257,"sku":"9781111117182","price":38.86,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0462\/1120\/3233\/files\/m6qwr9-front-shortedge-384.jpg?v=1748286160","url":"https:\/\/bookswholesale.myshopify.com\/products\/rockford-illinois-patents-1900-1910","provider":"BooksWholesale","version":"1.0","type":"link"}