. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. J . CO S C 0 OS. I'KOI'KltrrOK K III TROY. NY Figure 39.—Excavator invented by Daniel Carmichael and Jason C. Osgood of New York. Patent 4547, May 30, if every yiossibility, this very willingness by Hays to achieve a flexible solution is perhaps one of the period's outstanding characteristics. The patentees of beds and chairs seem a dull lot compared to innovators like Thomas Boynton of Windsor, Vermont, who, in 1832, requested and received a patent for "Elastic Stamp Painting" (fig. 44), an "improvement in the mode o
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. J . CO S C 0 OS. I'KOI'KltrrOK K III TROY. NY Figure 39.—Excavator invented by Daniel Carmichael and Jason C. Osgood of New York. Patent 4547, May 30, if every yiossibility, this very willingness by Hays to achieve a flexible solution is perhaps one of the period's outstanding characteristics. The patentees of beds and chairs seem a dull lot compared to innovators like Thomas Boynton of Windsor, Vermont, who, in 1832, requested and received a patent for "Elastic Stamp Painting" (fig. 44), an "improvement in the mode of ornament- ing the walls and floors of rooms and, various other ; His patent specification provides instructions for multicolored motifs easily applied, everything from "variegated ornaments" to "stripes, flowers, etc. of various colours"' to be combined "in any manner your taste may ; If Boynton fails to stimulate interest, perhaps Dr. J. Wright Warren's portable bath tent () will. Here was a creation that combined "in one arrangement all the conveniences for taking all the several descriptions of baths, such as warm, cold. vapours, medicated vapour, and shower baths,'" and it was planned with all "due regard to simplicity and ; What could be more apt for 1840 than the good Boston doctor's reminder that the tub"s exterior curtain should be crimson-colored in order "to add neatness and elegance to utility" and to make it entirely "suitable as an article of household ; Costume is not neglected, nor are costume acces- sories such as hats, shoes, and underpinnings. In James H. Chappell's geometrical pattern book (fig. 46), "A Map of Spheres and Right Lines," appears a "Coat, Great Coat, and Vest, pantaloons, garters, Cloak, Frock, shirt collars and lappels, and a lady"s habit, all of which are formed by right lines and spheres as the pri
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