Reports of Cases Arising Under Letters Patent for Inventions, Determined in the Courts of the United States, Vol. 6

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Excerpt from Reports of Cases Arising Under Letters Patent for Inventions, Determined in the Courts of the United States, Vol. 6: Commenced by Samuel S. Fisher, and Completed by John E. Hatch and Robert H. ParkinsonSamuel sparks fisher, the son of Dr. James C. Fisher and Eliza S. Fisher, was born near the site of the present village of Centerville, St. Joseph county, Michi gan, April II, 1832. Most of his early life was spent in New York, Philadelphia, and vicinity. His father was for some years professor of chemistry in the University of New York, and was afterward associated with Prof. Morse in his electro-magnetic experiments. The child was much iin his father's laboratory, and early developed a-taste for chemistry. And mechanics, and acquired a familiarity with them, which he afterward carried with conspicuous advan tage into his profession. After a year in the preparatory school at West Point, some other miscellaneous schooling, and two years' experience as shop-boy in New York, he entered the high school in Philadelphia, where his parents were then residing. Here, outstripping his own Class, he carried Off the honors from the next preceding class.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.