Maynard, Edward

Name Street Town State From To
Maynard, Edward   Washington Washington DC 1845  
Maynard, Edward   Tarrytown New York 1866 1869
Maynard, Edward   New York New York 1873  


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4,208 September 22, 1845 Percussion-Primer and Gun-Lock Therefor
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8.126 May 27, 1851 Breech-Loading Fire-Arm
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15,141 June 17, 1856 Improvement in Cartridges
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22,565 January 11, 1859 Improvement in Cartridges
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25,663 October 4, 1859 Improvement in Back Sight for Fire-Arms
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25,664 October 4, 1859 Improvement in the Nipples of Fire-Arms
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26,364 December 6, 1859 Improvement in Breech-Loading Fire-Arms
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30,537 Octobre 30, 1860 Breech-Loading Fire-Arm
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31,898
April 2, 1861 Improvement in Cartridge-Loaders
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39,823 September 8, 1863 Improvement in Metallic Cartridges
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40,111 September 29, 1863 Improvement in Cartridges
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40,112 September 29, 1863 Improvement in Metallic Cartridges
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42,388 April 19, 1864 Improvement in Metallic Wad for Cartridges
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45,420 December 13, 1864 Improvement in Priming Metallic Cartridges
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48,423 June 27, 1865 Breech-Loading Fire-Arm
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48,966 July 25, 1865 Improvement in Cartridge-Retractors for Breech-Loading Fire-Arms
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49,130 August 1, 1865 Improvement in Breech-Loading Fire-Arm
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59,044 October 23, 1866 Improvement in Priming Metallic Cartridges
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61,225 January 15, 1867, antedated December 5, 1866 Improvement in Priming Metallic Cartridges
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83,194 October 20, 1868 Improvement in Double-Barrelled Fire-Arms
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86,566 February 2, 1869 Breech-Loading Fire-Arm
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135,928 February 18, 1873 Breech-Loading Fire-Arms
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Dr. Edward Maynard, born in Madison, New York on April 26, 1813, died in Washington, D.C. on May 4. 1891

He would become army officer and entered the U.S. Military Academy at West point but his poor health forced him to abandon shortly after having been accepted. Instead, he became dentistry.

From 1857 until his dead, he held the Chair of Theory and Practice at Baltimore Dental College. He was court dentist to the Russian emperor Nicholas I and got a Military Order by the King of Prussia.

Besides of his career as dentist, he experimented with firearms and ammunition.

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