September 10, 1867

A patent was granted for the Eclipse windmill.

Meanwhile, closer to home

BeloitSeptember 30, 1867

The annual meeting of School District No. 1 (Beloit) was held, and a committee was appointed to consider erecting a new schoolhouse.

BeloitFall 1867Season

A man who had been in business in Beloit returned to Beloit and took a contract to furnish straw for the Beloit paper-mills.

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1867 / September 10

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September 10, 1867

A patent was granted for the Eclipse windmill.

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Nation & worldSeptember 10, 1867

A patent was granted for the Eclipse windmill.

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Not until 1866 was he able to put his invention to a practical test. A patent was granted September 10, 1867, and in the fall of the same year the first fullsized Eclipse windmill was exhibited at the state fair at Madison and there sold to an influential farmer of Albany, Wis. It was

Brown, William Fiske, editor. Rock County, Wisconsin: A New History of Its Cities, Villages, Towns, Citizens and Varied Interests, from the Earliest Times, Up to Date. Chicago: C. F. Cooper & Co., 1908. 2 vols. archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon01brow, archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon02brow.Vol. 2, PDF p. 330 / book p. 827