Excerpt from The Scientific American Hand-Book: A Treatise Relating to Patents, Caveats, Designs, Trade-Marks, Copyrights, Labels, Etc Whereas I, Richard Roe, of Wyoming, County of Mohawk, State Of new-york, have invented a new and useful improvement in musical instruments, for which I am about to apply for letters-patent and Whereas, John Doe, Of Wyoming, new-york, hath advanced to me the sum of one hundred dollars toward the expenses of said patent: Now this indenture witnesseth, that for and in con sideration of said payment to me made, I do hereby grant and convey to the said John Doe, his' heirs or assigns, a license to make, use, and sell the invention, within the limits of the County Of Mohawk, State of new-york, for and during the full end of the term for which said letters-patent are or may be granted.* Wit ness my hand and seal, this first day Of January, a.d. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.