...purpose was as early as 1691, in the 22d year after the settlement of the province. This was entitled " an act for the better encouragement of the making...engines for the propagating the staples of the colony." A law was passed in 1 707 " for encouraging the making potash and salt petre j" one in 1712 u for encouraging...

...purpose was as early as 1691, in the 22d year after the settlement of the province. This was entitled "an Act for the better encouragement of the making...engines for the propagating the staples of the colony." A law was passed in 1707 "for enI have never seen in any other orator such an union of simplicity and...

...a lucrative manufacture of lumber and naval stores. But although South Carolina, as early as 1691, passed an Act "for the better encouragement of the making of engines for the propagating of the staples of the Province," and, in 1707, another for "encouraging the making of potash and saltpetre,"...

...agricultural associations in the United States were established in 1785, in South Carolina and Pennsylvania In the first-mentioned State, indeed, nearly a century...In 1784 the assembly enacted a regular patent and copyright law, giving to the authors of books and the inventors of useful machinery the exclusive benefit...

...agricultural associations in the United States were established in 1785, in South Carolina and Pennsylvania In the first-mentioned State, indeed, nearly a century...In 1784 the assembly enacted a regular patent and copyright law, giving to the authors of books and the inventors of useful machinery the exclusive benefit...

...a lucrative manufacture of lamber and naval stores. Bat although South Carolina, as early as 1691, passed an Act "for the better encouragement of the making of engines for the propagating of the staples of the Province," and, in 1707, another for "encouraging the making of potash and saltpetre,"...

...a lucrative manufacture of lumber and naval stores. But although South Carolina, as early as 1691, passed an Act "for the better encouragement of the making of engines for the propagating of the staples of the Province," and, in I'TO7, another for " encouraging the making of potash and...

...revenue." 1691. — AN act of the assembly of South Carolina and Georgia was passed this year to encourage the making of " engines for the propagating the Staples of the Colony." 1691. — THE assembly in Virginia appointed searchers and examiners of leather. A special colonial...

...colonial history. In 1691 the province enacted what may have been the first general patent law in America, "for the better encouragement of the making of engines for the propagating the staples of this colony."6 In 1732 and 1733, by special acts, it granted rewards accompanied by patent rights to...

...during the last century of colonial history. In 1691 it enacted the first general patent law in America, "for the better encouragement of the making of engines for the propagating the staples of this colony." After the Revolution, mechanical improvements received more public attention in all the...