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US Patent: 7,263
Fluid Level
Patentee:
William G. Ladd, Jr. (exact or similar names) - Cambridge, MA

USPTO Classifications:
33/377

Tool Categories:
layout tools : levels : inclinometers

Assignees:
None

Manufacturer:
Not known to have been produced

Witnesses:
J. Giles
Ezra Lincoln, Jr.

Patent Dates:
Granted: Apr. 09, 1850

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Description:
This is the earliest patent I can find for an inclinometer. It uses a hermetically sealed disk half-filled with quicksilver (mercury), with a needle floating on it. The outer rim of the disk is marked with degrees.

My guess is that the inventor here was one of the namesakes of the Homers & Ladd company, since one of the witnesses for patent #7,257, issued on the same date and assigned to Homers & Ladd, also witnessed this patent.

From the 1886 book, "Federal Decisions, Vol. XXV. Patents, Copyright and Trade-marks": In interference, Chandler v. Ladd, 1 Mac A. Pat. Cases, 493.

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