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Scope and Contents This series consists of materials that document the inventions created and patented by Benjamin Miessner, as well as experiments conducted by him and his employees. Materials located in this series include but are not limited to patents assigned to Benjamin Miessner; technical drawings, notes, and reports written by Miessner; laboratory notebooks documenting the experiments of Miessner, as well as his employees Charles T. Jacobs, Frederic D. Merrill, and Victor Mumma; developed photographs and...

Scope and Contents This sub-series contains the laboratory notebooks created by Benjamin Miessner, as well as three of his employees at Miessner Inventions, Inc.: Charles T. Jacobs, Frederic D. Merrill, Jr., and Victor Mumma. The notebooks document the experiments conducted by Miessner and his employees throughout his career, including but not limited to his work for Brunswick Balke Collender Company, Splitdorf, and his own company, Miessner Inventions, Inc.Miessner’s notebooks from his work for John...

Scope and Contents The Benjamin F. Miessner papers document the working career and interests of the American inventor. It includes a large collection of patents awarded to Miessner or assigned to his company, Miessner Inventions, Inc., as well as various North American and European patents researched by Miessner; lab notebooks, blueprints, sketches, graphs, photographs, and other items documenting the experiments conducted by Miessner and his employees; correspondence between Miessner and various individuals and...