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Show A CENTURY OF qF PATENTSThe PATENTS PATENTSThe The centennial of the American Patent Office Office1as Officewas Officewas \ 1\as 1 as was celebrated hi i11 In Washington on November 23hen 23 , \\hen hen when whenofficials \ whenofficials \ henofficials officials , scientists and intentors im 1m enters entors paid tribute tnbute to the theprotTfess thePz1Ggress theprogress protTfess Pz1Ggress . , the svstem 5tem system 5\ 5 \ tem has aided in 111 bringing bringmg about aboutthrough , through the protection and encomagcment encowagcment encouragement of in- in indiVIdual individual in individual - dividual 1nventiven inventiveness inventivene inventivenessAmong s sAmong Among the earliest patents " was "as as that issued to toSamuel toSamuel toSamuel Samuel F B Morse , inventor of the telegraph , foiwhich fOl for fOlhICh forwhich \\hICh hICh which \ \ he made application apUcaUon , in 111 1837 and rece\ rece receded receed rece'ted receted ' \ ed a auat apatent aoatcnt patent uat nt in i11 . 1840 Other OUler m indentions llnent.ons llnentons ent . ons of the first 10 Jeafs years Jeafsof yearsof 3 earsof of the patent system included mcluded the revoh revoher revoker er invented inventedby inventedby Inventedby by Colt , the phosphorus friction fflction match ma tch by Phlllipsthe Phi1lIps Phillips , the han harvester ester by Moore Mooreulcamzed , , \ulcamzed ulcamzed tulcanized \ rubber by Goodear Good- Good GoodJear Good-iear Good iear - } Jear ear , the pneumatic tire tyre by Thompson , the se\Ing se Ing sexing seIngmachme sexingmachine seeingmachine ' ; \ machme machine by Ho\\ Ho Hond Hove Hoe Howe \ \ e , , ! \ ind \nd nd and the rotary printing prmting press 'byHoe byHoe ' by 'by byHoe Hoe HoeMore Hoeafore More afore rore than \ two \ 0 million patents have been issued issuedsince issuedsince issuedsince since the system sJstem " was "as as established establ1shed in m 1836 . , and tah.en tahen taken tah.entogethel takentogether takentogethel . togethel togethelIth together \ with \\Ith Ith \ those of foreign oreign doreign ( countries cowltries the inden men inten- inten m\ m intentions indentions \ en- en enlions - tions lions they have ha\e ha e hate \ covered cO\ered cO ered cowered \ have ha\e ha e hate \ almost entlreljch'1.nged entirely entlrelj- entlrelj - ch'1.nged ch1.nged ch1nged changed ch'1.ngedthe changedthe chingedthe ' . the conditions underhich under \ which \\hich hich \ men 11\ 11 11Sueakers heSneakers live 11e he liveSneakers \ e Sneakers Sueakers at the centennial centenmal celebiation celeblahon celebration pledlcted predicted pledlctednew predictednew piedictednew new " wonders "onders onders foi fOl for the future , a fc few " ofblch of \ which \\blch blch wthich are areclothes areclothes areclothes clothes made of glass , , automobile headlights headhghts that thatcan thatcan thatcan can not glare , man-made man made - rubberblSkey rubber , \ whiskey \\blSkey blSkey tthiskey \ aged in instantly in- in instantly instantly - stantly by poweiful po\\elful po elful powerful \ soundaes sound \ waves \\a\es a es \ rats grown as big as ascows ascows ascows cows by gland juggling Jugglmg and factories run . Ly l.y sun sunpower sunpower sunpower sunpowerAnother power powerAnother Another 100 sears years J ears ma\ ma mabring ma ) } \ bring brmg inventions mVel1tlOns asrevolutionary as asreoluhonary asretolutionary re\oluhonary re oluhonary retolutionary \ as those of the past century centt.ry centtry . . , if civiliza clvlhza- clvlhza civiliza- - clvlhzatIon civilization civilization - tion does not destroy destroJ ' itself in 111 the meantime " with "lt11 lt11 the themstruments theinstruments tlieinstruments mstruments instruments it creates |