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Show Old Patent Models Are Ousted hr Xir' v"?4! i Old models In the United States patent office are to be disposed of as the result of a bill passed by the house of representatives which creates a commission com-mission to select certain of the most historic models for museums and dispose of the remainder. Since 1894 the storage of the old models has cost the gov-erment gov-erment $200,000. Photograph shows J. A. Hoffman and Karl Fennlng, assistant as-sistant commissioner of patents, looking over some old weaving and sewing devices. |