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Diagram for US Patent 17,722, the Brown truss, granted to inventor, Josiah Brown Jr., of Buffalo, w:New York, who w:patented it July 7, 1857
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USPTO via Google Patent, patent page image url. Image cropped to remove whitespace on edges
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patented July 7, 1857. Uploaded December 28, 2006
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Intellectual work of Josiah Brown Jr., deceased. Image bears inscription "H. Peters, Photolithographer|, Washington". Now in public domain as all US patents unless specifically noted are PD
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