Editing Phineas Parkhurst Quimby (section)

==Inventor==
By trade Quimby was a [[Watchmaker|watch]] and [[clockmaker]].<ref>Holmes, (1944), p.358; Albanese, (1986), p.497.</ref> He also was a [[daguerreotype|daguerreotypist]], and he invented items and held several patents for a variety of unrelated, larger mechanical devices.<ref>His patents included:
:(a) [https://patents.google.com/patent/USX5650 US patent no.5650X], (held jointly with Job White: White & Quimby), dated 12 September 1829, for a "Circular Sawing Machine"
::(a later patent, lodged by Job White, [https://patents.google.com/patent/US16157 US patent no.16157], dated 2 December 1856, for a "Method of Applying Steam to and of Cutting Scarfs from Wood" refers to this earlier patent);
:(b) [https://patents.google.com/patent/USX9679 US patent no.9679X], (held by P. Quimby), dated 23 May 1836, for a "Permutation Lock"; and
:(c) [https://patents.google.com/patent/US7197 US patent no.7197], (held by P.P. Quimby), dated 19 March 1850, for a "Steering Apparatus… a new and useful machine for Steering Ships and Steamboats".</ref><ref>According to Clark (1982, p.104), a patent was issued to Quimby on 3 June 1829 for a "Chain Saw for Timber". But no record is available for a patent on this date from the US Patent Office.
:(d) Phineas P. Quimby is listed as patentee for "US Patent: 8,232X: Sawing timber: Chain saw for sawing timber, wood, metal, marble, etc.", 3 June 1834. As of 21 September 2007, no records have been found for any of the patent numbers ranging from X5475 to X5497 inclusive — i.e., from 30 April 1829 to 11 June 1829).{{Original research inline|date=April 2020}}</ref><ref name="8232x">[http://www.datamp.org/patents/search/advance.php?pn=8232X&id=35633&set=1, ''Directory of American Tool and Machinery Patents'', access-date=2018.] Quote: "Most of the patents prior to 1836 were lost in [[1836 U.S. Patent Office fire|the Dec. 1836 fire]]. Only about 2,000 of the almost 10,000 documents were recovered. Little is known about this patent. There are no patent drawings available. This patent is in the database for reference only.",</ref>