Show saw end to invention it Is one of the legends of the patent office but cannot be absolutely authenticated that an official offered to resign from dom the patent office many years ago because ile he thought everything everi thing had been invented ilow biow ever Commis commissioner ioner of if patents ellsworth 11 in his report to congress dated january aw 31 1814 1844 sald said the advancement van cement of the arts from year to year icar taxes our credulity and seems to presage ire sAga the arrival or of that period when humlin improvement must end |