Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution . IPB Q0 < < a: u5 u _I m. MECHANICAL TRANSPORT MITMAN 545 operation, strength of parts, cheapness of manufacture, and the years passed during which he converted the clutching fingersidea into a workable mechanism of cold steel and applied for a was granted April 29, 1873. Janney was in no position to go into the manufacture of the couplernor had he any market for it, but with the help of friends he succeededin making several in a local foundry and having them tried out on theold Loudoun & Hampshire
Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution . IPB Q0 < < a: u5 u _I m. MECHANICAL TRANSPORT MITMAN 545 operation, strength of parts, cheapness of manufacture, and the years passed during which he converted the clutching fingersidea into a workable mechanism of cold steel and applied for a was granted April 29, 1873. Janney was in no position to go into the manufacture of the couplernor had he any market for it, but with the help of friends he succeededin making several in a local foundry and having them tried out on theold Loudoun & Hampshire Railroad. They gave full satisfaction inthis test, but as Janney soon realized, this was not sufficient to attractthe attention of the great railroad companies. Car-coupler inventionsand inventors then were the bane of the railroad officials existence andJanney, after a few discouraging experiences with them struck out onanother tack. For 10 years he went from one iron founder to anotherwith his coupler, improved year by year, until he found one in Pitts-burgh who had sufficient faith in it
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