Verneur Edmund Pratt
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Verneur Edmund Pratt was an American entrepreneur and inventor.
Pratt started his career working in sales at Sears, Roebuck, and Company
.
In 1924 Pratt published a book entitled Selling by Mail: Principles and Practice
.
He started a company called the Sales Guild Company.
In the 1920s he ran a small advertising company called Pratt and Lindsey
out of 461 Eighth Avenue in
New York.
During this time period Pratt
lived in a house now known as the Keeler-Pratt house in the
Silvermine
area of Norwalk, Connecticut
.
His laboratory and studio was the 1876 carriage barn on the property.
By the 1930s Pratt was also renting an apartment in the building
at 102 Bedford Street in New York's
Greenwich Village
.
Pratt invented the Optigraph an early microfilm reader. This
development led to the formation of the International Filmbook company to
manufacture and sell microfilm reading equipment. An innovative approach
to film reading was the use of cassettes that allowed for rotating the view
of the film. Unfortunately, the expense of this innovation led to the
bankrupty of International Filmbook
.
Along with Edmund C. Pratt Verneur was awarded United States Patent 2999477
for a fire alarm (September 12, 1961).
Edmund Pratt and the estate of Verneur Pratt were also been assigned
United States Patent 3388245 (invention attributed to Donald R. Larsen)
for a Multicolor lighting apparatus
(July 11, 1968).
Pratt started his career working in sales at Sears, Roebuck, and Company
Sears, Roebuck and Company
Sears, officially named Sears, Roebuck and Co., is an American chain of department stores which was founded by Richard Warren Sears and Alvah Curtis Roebuck in the late 19th century...
.
In 1924 Pratt published a book entitled Selling by Mail: Principles and Practice
.
He started a company called the Sales Guild Company.
In the 1920s he ran a small advertising company called Pratt and Lindsey
out of 461 Eighth Avenue in
New York.
During this time period Pratt
lived in a house now known as the Keeler-Pratt house in the
Silvermine
Silvermine, Connecticut
Silvermine is a neighborhood in Fairfield County, Connecticut extending into three southwestern Connecticut municipalities -- Norwalk, New Canaan and Wilton....
area of Norwalk, Connecticut
Norwalk, Connecticut
Norwalk is a city in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. According to the 2010 U.S. Census, the population of the city is 85,603, making Norwalk sixth in population in Connecticut, and third in Fairfield County...
.
His laboratory and studio was the 1876 carriage barn on the property.
By the 1930s Pratt was also renting an apartment in the building
at 102 Bedford Street in New York's
Greenwich Village
Greenwich Village
Greenwich Village, , , , .in New York often simply called "the Village", is a largely residential neighborhood on the west side of Lower Manhattan in New York City. A large majority of the district is home to upper middle class families...
.
Pratt invented the Optigraph an early microfilm reader. This
development led to the formation of the International Filmbook company to
manufacture and sell microfilm reading equipment. An innovative approach
to film reading was the use of cassettes that allowed for rotating the view
of the film. Unfortunately, the expense of this innovation led to the
bankrupty of International Filmbook
.
Along with Edmund C. Pratt Verneur was awarded United States Patent 2999477
for a fire alarm (September 12, 1961).
Edmund Pratt and the estate of Verneur Pratt were also been assigned
United States Patent 3388245 (invention attributed to Donald R. Larsen)
for a Multicolor lighting apparatus
(July 11, 1968).
External links
- http://www.antiqbook.com/boox/eve/33136.shtml
- http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C05E4D6153AF937A25755C0A96E958260
- http://www.sla.org/speciallibraries/ISSN00386723V34N4.PDF
- http://www.chemheritage.org/explore/ASIS_documents/ASIS98_Cady.pdf
- http://www.freepatentsonline.com/2999477.html
- http://www.freepatentsonline.com/3388245.html
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