01432cpcaa2200289 a 4500 mm2002084914 DLC 20260227111729.0 020830|||||||||||| eng mm2002084914 DLC dacs DLC DLC S lcmd Perkins, James, active 1865. Contract for sale of patent rights to a petroleum apparatus, 1865. 1 item. Open to research. Bound holograph contract for sale of the patent rights to an improved apparatus designed and patented by James Perkins and William H. Burnet for refining and distilling petroleum. Sold to Daniel F. Tompkins primarily in exchange for shares in a company to be formed for employing the device. Document, executed in Newark, N.J., on April 5, 1865, includes a diagram of the machine. Collection material in English. Tompkins, Daniel F. Distillation apparatus. Petroleum Refining. Petroleum industry and trade. Newark (N.J.) Commerce. Burnet, William H. Contract for sale of patent rights to a petroleum apparatus (1865) 44642 44642