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Albert Kingsbury vs. the United States. Briefs and exhibits

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: 2859

Scope and content

Briefs and exhibits prepared and used by Alex M. Hamburg, the attorney representing Albert Kingsbury in a suit in the United States Court of Claims. The case involved a tax claim concerning the Kingsbury Patented Thrust Bearing.

Dates

1925.

Creator

Kingsbury, Albert, 1862-1943. (Person)

Biographical / Historical

Albert Kingsbury graduated from Cornell with a degree in mechanical engineering in 1889. He invented the Kingsbury thrust bearing (a type of ball bearing), patented in 1910, and subsequently started the Kingsbury Machine Works. The case ALBERT KINGSBURY VS. THE UNITED STATES was settled in favor of Kingsbury. A value of one million dollars was established for the patent.