User talk:Mediapower

John Appleby
Hello. A few days ago you asked a question on the Miscellaneous Reference Desk and today I noted that no one had yet answered it. After a bit of searching, I was able to find the answers you were looking for. The questions for 8 FEB 2008 will be archived soon, so just in case you don't check back before then, I thought I would also post the answer here.
 * United States Patent 90,807
 * Issued to John Appleby
 * Issue Date: June 1, 1869
 * Current U.S. Class: 56/455
 * Patent details. Thank you for asking such an interesting question.  I enjoy questions that not only teach me something about history, but also make me look a bit deeper than a simple Google search.  That was fun.  It seems that we don't have an article on John Appleby.  Do you know enough information about him to start an article?  SWAdair | Talk 07:56, 14 February 2008 (UTC)