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Ferrabee & Whitmore's Patent No 2716

James Ferrabee & Charles Whitmore's Patent No 2716, dated 26 October 1857, covered "Improvements applicable to machinery for carding, scribing and condensing wool and other fibrous substances."

Ferrabee continued to innovate and produce new machinery for the cloth industry even when the popularity of the lawnmower was growing.

  • 1857-10-26 Commissioners of Patents - Ferrabee & Whitmore Patent No 2716

    The Commissioners of Patents' Journal.

    Jan. 25, 1861.

    2711 26th Oct., 1857. JAMES FAIRCLOUGH, of Liverpool, in the 1857. county of Lancaster, Cabinet Manufacturer and Upholsterer, and JOHN FAIRCLOUGH, of Liverpool aforesaid, Cabinet Manufacturer and Upholsterer, and JOSEPH COWAN, of Liverpool aforesaid, Cabinet Maker. Improvements for suspending and working window hangings and other drapery curtains.
    2716 " JAMES FERRABEE, of Phoenix Iron Works, Stroud, in the county of Gloucester, Engineer, and CHARLES WHITMORE, of Stroud, in the same county, Mechanic. Improvements applicable to machinery for carding, scribbling, and condensing wool and other fibrous substances.

     

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