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![W. F. Shaw's patent gas cooking & ironing apparatus. Gas smoothing-iron and miniature gas furnace. W. F. Shaw's patent ... 174 Washington Street Boston. [1858].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMDEvdy1mLXNoYXdzLXBhdGVudC1nYXMtY29va2luZy1hbmQtaXJvbmluZy1hcHBhcmF0dXMtZ2FzLXNtb290aGluZy1pcm9uLWFuZC1taW5pYXR1cmUtZDU5ZTUxLTEwMjQuanBn/320/401/jpg "W. F. Shaw's patent gas cooking & ironing apparatus. Gas smoothing-iron and miniature gas furnace. W. F. Shaw's patent ... 174 Washington Street Boston. [1858].")
![Dr. McConnell's patent for making gas from wood ... [Washington, 1854].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTIvMDQvZHItbWNjb25uZWxscy1wYXRlbnQtZm9yLW1ha2luZy1nYXMtZnJvbS13b29kLXdhc2hpbmd0b24tMTg1NC1lNDdhYzQtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/63/webp "Dr. McConnell's patent for making gas from wood ... [Washington, 1854].")
![... Joslin's patent self-acting heat regulator, for house and other furnances. [Boston, 1864].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDIvam9zbGlucy1wYXRlbnQtc2VsZi1hY3RpbmctaGVhdC1yZWd1bGF0b3ItZm9yLWhvdXNlLWFuZC1vdGhlci1mdXJuYW5jZXMtYm9zdG9uLTc4Y2M5ZC02NDAuanBn/40/48/webp "... Joslin's patent self-acting heat regulator, for house and other furnances. [Boston, 1864].")
![The solar gaz machine. O. P. Drake's latest improvement for lighting with gas. factories, hotels, stores, and dwellings ... Manufactured and sold by O. P. Drake & company 6 & 8 Bedford Street, Boston, Mass. [1866].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTIvMDkvdGhlLXNvbGFyLWdhei1tYWNoaW5lLW8tcC1kcmFrZXMtbGF0ZXN0LWltcHJvdmVtZW50LWZvci1saWdodGluZy13aXRoLWdhcy1mYWN0b3JpZXMtZjY2OGY5LTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/62/webp "The solar gaz machine. O. P. Drake's latest improvement for lighting with gas. factories, hotels, stores, and dwellings ... Manufactured and sold by O. P. Drake & company 6 & 8 Bedford Street, Boston, Mass. [1866].")
![The Bartlett sewing machine co's new patent sewing machines ... New York [c. 1866].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMTYvdGhlLWJhcnRsZXR0LXNld2luZy1tYWNoaW5lLWNvcy1uZXctcGF0ZW50LXNld2luZy1tYWNoaW5lcy1uZXcteW9yay1jLTE4NjYtODhhOGFlLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/51/webp "The Bartlett sewing machine co's new patent sewing machines ... New York [c. 1866].")
![Fisk's patent air-tight metallic burial cases are for sale by M. W. White, undertaken, ... [Washington, March 1853].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NTMvMDEvMDEvZmlza3MtcGF0ZW50LWFpci10aWdodC1tZXRhbGxpYy1idXJpYWwtY2FzZXMtYXJlLWZvci1zYWxlLWJ5LW0tdy13aGl0ZS11bmRlcnRha2VuLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/53/webp "Fisk's patent air-tight metallic burial cases are for sale by M. W. White, undertaken, ... [Washington, March 1853].")
![Dr. McConnell's patent for making gas from wood ... [Washington, 1854].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTIvMDQvZHItbWNjb25uZWxscy1wYXRlbnQtZm9yLW1ha2luZy1nYXMtZnJvbS13b29kLXdhc2hpbmd0b24tMTg1NC03ZDBkYTAtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/63/webp "Dr. McConnell's patent for making gas from wood ... [Washington, 1854].")
