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SELECT DISTINCT patent.*, YEAR(date) as year FROM patent LEFT JOIN name ON name.patent = patent.patent AND name.type = patent.type WHERE (last_name = 'BROOKS') AND (first_name = 'David') ORDER BY description ASC, date, patent, type

Total of 8 patents found where: Last Name is 'BROOKS'; First Name is 'David';

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T / S Patent Date Description Patentee Category Assigned To
 1867
R Specimen known 2,717 August 6, 1867 Improvement in Insulators for Telegraph Wires
Hook cemented in glass & metal case with sulfur (reissue of 45,221)
BROOKS, David
Hook  
 1864
U Specimen known 45,221 November 29, 1864 Improvement in Insulators for Telegraph Wires
Hook cemented in glass with metal covering (see reissue 2,717 on 8-6-1867)
BROOKS, David
Hook  
 1867
U Specimen known 63,206 March 26, 1867 Improvement in Insulators for Telegraph Wires
Hook encased in metal or wood allows arcing to ground
BROOKS, David
Hook  
U Specimen known 69,622 October 8, 1867 Improvement in Insulators for Telegraphs
Hook in blown glass cemented with sulfur in metal case
BROOKS, David
Hook  
 1878
U Specimen known 200,124 February 12, 1878 Improvement in Telegraph Insulators
Hook in glass held in crossarm by pin (Brooks & La Bastie)
BROOKS, David
Hook  
U 199,506 January 22, 1878 Improvement in Insulating Underground Telegraph Wires
Underground cable insulated by wrapping with cotton, hemp, or jute and saturating it with paraffin and inserting the wires in heated metal pipes flushed with air to remove moisture.
BROOKS, David
Cable  
 1875
U 165,535 July 13, 1875 Improvement in Underground Telegraph Lines
Underground cable insulated by wrapping with cotton, hemp, or jute and saturating it with paraffin.
BROOKS, David
Cable  
 1871
U 114,911 May 16, 1871 Improvement in Galvanic Batteries
Use of paraffin or paraffinic oil to coat surface of battery acid to prevent evaporation
BROOKS, David
Battery  

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