User talk:JohnnyB67

Golf tee[edit]

Dear JohnnyB67, my information on the golf tee is accurate and verifiable, and comes from the book The Singular History of the Golf Tee by Irwin R. Valenta, 1995 by. The first few pages of that book are online here, and the 1889 patent by Bloxsom and Douglas is reproduced in its entirety. To verify the British patents that preceded Grant's (as I already did), contact the British Patent Enquiry Desk at patents-information@bl.uk . Ask about one or all of the following patents:

patent 12941 of 1889, 16 August 1889
patent 3916 of 1892, 29 Februrary 1892
patent 14292 of 1897, 12 June 1897

which are all before Grant's 1899 patent. Please do not continue to add obviously inaccurate information to Wikipedia. Thank you. Opie 23:31, 15 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Opie, I do not see where you have verified the patents that you state. You show no links to those or any other patents. You also quote information from a book not a documented source such as a governmental agency or Patent office. If you have "verified your information with the Patent office, please include a link to one of the patents you speak of. I can show the US Patent 638,920 by Dr. George Grant, I would appreciate it if you can do the same. There are numerous books that have inaccurate information within them and unfortunately I believe you are quoting from an inaccurate source.

JohnnyB67 23:52, 15 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Johnny, the image of the earliest British patent (1889) is at right (click image). The other British patents are not viewable online, but you can confirm they exist by emailing patents-information@bl.uk (I gave the wrong address before), or by using the Online Patents Enquiry Form at http://www.bl.uk/collections/patents/patenquiry.html

Opie 03:15, 16 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Opie, I responded to your post on your page. JohnnyB67 18:35, 16 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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Incidentally...[edit]

...you should always sign messages on talk pages. This is done by typing a row of four tildes, thusly: ~~~~. DS 18:50, 16 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]