In patent law . “Engine” and “method” mean the same thing, and may be the subject of a patent. Method, pivperly speaking, is only placing several things, or performing several operations, in the most convenient order, but it may signify a con- trivance or device. Fessen. Pat. 127; Ilorn- blower v. Boulton, 8 Term R. 100.
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