US Patent: 324,635 
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| Electrical indicator
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	        Patentee:
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 | Murray Bacon (exact or similar names) - Philadelphia, PA |  
 
 
 
 
 
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| Not known to have been produced |  
 
 
 
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        Patent Dates:
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| Applied: | 
Sep. 15, 1884 | 
 
| Granted: | 
Aug. 18, 1885 | 
 
 
 
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                        Jeff Joslin Vintage Machinery entry for Murray Bacon 
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        Description: |  
| "My invention consists in an improved electrical indicating apparatus, more especially intended for use on steamers, to indicate in the pilot-house in which direction the engine is running, and whether the signals of the officer in command to the engineer are being properly obeyed." |  
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