Name | Street | Town | State | From | To |
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Bell, William H. |   | Washington | DC | 1850s |   |
Bell, William H. |   | Baltimore | Maryland | 1880 |   |
Patent | Date | Remarks |
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22,618 | January 18, 1859 | Self-Primer for Firearms view patent |
27,518 | March 20, 1860 | Improvement in Revolving Fire-Arms, use of the cylinder pin as container for pellet primers view patent |
228,859 | June 15, 1880 | Revolving Fire-Arm view patent |
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Major William H. Bell worked in the Ordnance Department and was assigned to conduct the trials on Butterfield's priming system, which was applied to muskets in 1858. |