harrrrr there she be, another whistle picture to steal !! Shiver me timbers — is it legal though ???

Well, using pix for ones personal use and review is one thing. But posting someone elses pictures without permission is a violation of copyright laws. In other words stealing what isn't yours to take or use. No different than what someone else has written. BUT you may say it is in the public domain !!! Not a correct application of that term unfortunately.

Harsh ?? Not really. Just fair play to the one who took the original picture(s). —– One can cruise the internet though and see pictures that have been pirated all the time.

Is it important ?? What are the draw backs ??

Some important information is hard to share if you can't copy and go over it together. But then again why should we be able to capitalize off somebody elses work ??

So some loss and some gain. In the end isn't it just plain a matter of honesty ?? —- One can always ask for permission right ?? OR even pay for it !!! Whoah !!!!

The important thing is to be careful not to take what isn't yours and use it for selfish profit now isn't it ??

It certainly makes it harder for us here at the Whistle Gallery when doing articles, but creating links is the answer for us. We can cross examine pictures and writing and just link over to another site–gives credit where it is deserved and accomplishes research too !!!

Notice the word patent stamped on your whistle ?? What does that mean and how does it work ??

Firstly, patents are applied for and granted. They also have a duration. Early on they lasted longer. Why is that helpful ??

Well, if a whistle has that stamp, then you know what years it falls into right ?? But not always is it that easy . For example you often see on scout whistles by Hudson the stamp patent and also the number Rd. No.540164 and that pertains to the registered design of the pillar top that they used almost exclusively on their scout whisltes. However the patent would be for whatever was patented, the two piece top dated 1908 or the diaphragm dated 1898, or whatever it was for. That is important for your starting point.

This dates the whistle to either 1898 to 1912 or 1908 to 1922. You remember that the patent at that time was good for 14 years– this was set because of the length of two apprenticeships and continued to be so till 1919. Then it was lengthened to 16 years and later even further to 20 years.

The point being that if you found any circa 1900 whistle with a stamp of patent on it you could safely assume that it was dated from that patent date to 14 years later. However, don't confuse it with registered design dates.

So the next thing to do is look closer at the construction to date its start.

looking back in time about patents one wonder where they got their start. Perhaps unavailable to really know, it does seem that the UK has the earliest history dating back to circa 1500 !!! The earliest times were somewhat corrupted in who was granted what.

Not only that but there were monopoly/patent problems involved. However, that was finally dealt with and patents became set at 14 years. — the length of double apprenticeships as mentioned already.

However everyone wanted to get their fingers in the pie and again things got bogged down.

Thought you might like to read a brief piece by Charles Dickens ( well brief for him anyway )

A Poor Man's Tale of a Patent

  It addresses in a humorous way the uphill battle it was then….

http://www.readbookonline.net/readOnLine/2530/

Later, improvemts helped spur on the indistrial revolution. Who knew whistles would be in there, but they are !!!!

You are going to think this a dumb one, but I LOVE my dry erase boards !!!

Have 'em in my whistle office and boy do I use them to death !!!! Great for memos while thinking of them, they are always up front and visible so I don't erase till I do or change something.

Great for seeing new ideas. I also use them for doing research — especially LINK diagrams — which really helps visualize connections between makers, dates, parts and such. 

One can have several projects going at the same time. Sometimes dividing bulky ones or combining others.

Cheap too !!! We just went to HOME DEPOT here and for 15 dollars got a whole 4X8 sheet !!! Then we cut it down and voila !!!! We use lots of colors too for seperating ideas. Maybe I will use them for collating my notes this week !!!

They really need that bottom lip though to hold the markers.

Finally threw out the bulky large pens and bought slim line skinnier ones — really glad I did that.

Kinda OCD huh ??

Oh Yeah !!!!!