====== Patent X-51: 1793-01-29, Improvement in Turning a Spit ======

^ X Number      ^ Date       ^ Inventor       ^ City             ^ Title  ^ Status ^
| X-51       | 1793-01-29 | Samuel Morey | Orford, Grafton County, NH | Improvement in Turning a Spit | Recovered |

===== Comments =====

Most of the patents prior to 1836 were lost in the Dec. 1836 fire. Only about 2000 of the almost 10000 documents were recovered. There are no patent drawings.

This patent was signed by both George Washington as president of the United States and Thomas Jefferson as Secretary of State. 

It is one of 10 Samuel Morey patents discovered at the Rauner Special Collections Library at Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH. Please see link.

===== Information Sources =====

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===== External links =====
  *[[http://pdfpiw.uspto.gov/.piw?PageNum=0&idkey=NONE&SectionNum=3&HomeUrl=&docid=X0000051|USPTO pdf]]
  *[[http://www.dartmouth.edu/~dartlife/archives/14-4/patents.html|The patents of Samuel Morey]]
  *[[http://kinnexions.com/smlsource/samuel.htm|Samuel Morey]]
  *[[http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/U.S._Patent_X51|Patent 51X]]
  *[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Morey|Samuel Morey]]