Skip to main content

Archives at Cornell

Cider industry.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings DO NOT USE

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Farnham family papers

 Collection — Manuscript box 2 - folder 1: [Barcode: 31924065239802]
Identifier: 361
Scope and content

Letters patent for the invention of the apple machine or improvement of grinding apples fit for the cider press; articles of agreement betweenJoel Farnham (Tioga County, New York) and Andrew Wiltse concerning apple machines; patent for an alleged new and useful improvement in footrests, for Frederick A. Farnham, Owego, New York; territorial assignment of patent, S. R. and G. W. Ballard, Coldwater, Michigan, to Frederick Farnham, for the right of the carding engine.

Dates: 1825-1875.

Joel Farnham papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 119
Scope and content

Two patents, and a letter from James Clinton. Patents are for a horizontal reacting water wheel, and a machine for grating or grinding apples for the cider press.

Dates: 1808-1825.