Patents received by Albert D. Goodell - 27 patents in all.
|
Patent No. |
Date |
Patent Title and Patentee Name |
|
079,825 |
07/14/1868 |
Improvement in Bit Stock
by
Albert D. Goodell |
|
139,667 |
06/10/1873 |
Bit-Stock
by
Albert D. Goodell |
|
141,345 |
07/29/1873 |
Bit-Stock
by Albert D. Goodell |
|
220,732 |
10/21/1879 |
Miter Box by D. C.
Rogers and Albert D. Goodell |
|
222,820 |
12/23/1879 |
Machine for Re-Cutting Axles
by
Albert D. Goodell |
|
228,810 |
06/15/1880 |
Ratchet Bit Brace
by Albert D. Goodell |
|
228,811 |
06/15/1880 |
Bit Brace
by Albert D. Goodell |
|
293,651 |
02/19/1884 |
Spokeshave by
Albert D. Goodell |
|
332,391 |
12/15/1885 |
Scroll Sawing Machine
by Albert D. Goodell |
|
374,593 |
12/13/1887 |
Drill Chuck by
Albert D. Goodell |
|
374,594 |
12/13/1887 |
Drill Chuck by
Albert D. Goodell |
|
391,242 |
10/16/1888 |
Spirit Level
by
Albert D. Goodell |
|
432,729 |
07/02/1890 |
Screw Driver
by
Albert D. and Henry E. Goodell |
|
463,506 |
11/17/1891 |
Automatic Screw Driver by Albert D.
and Henry E. Goodell |
|
463,507 |
11/17/1891 |
Drilling Tool by Albert D.
and Henry E. Goodell |
|
472,259 |
04/05/1892 |
Shoe Float or Rasp
by
Albert D. and Henry E. Goodell |
|
488,691 |
12/27/1892 |
Bit Brace by Albert D.
Goodell |
|
531,114 |
12/18/1894 |
Combined Hinge and Square
by
Albert D. Goodell |
|
544,092 |
08/06/1895 |
Miter Box
by Albert D.
Goodell
|
|
557,200 |
03/31/1896 |
Glass Cutter
by
Albert D. Goodell |
|
557,328 |
03/31/1896 |
Breast Drill by Albert D.
and Henry E. Goodell |
|
563,372 |
07/07/1896 |
Tools Chuck for Bit Stock
by Albert D.
Goodell |
|
566,905 |
09/01/1896 |
Drill Chuck by Albert D.
Goodell |
|
789,536 |
05/09/1905 |
Corner Brace by Albert D.
Goodell |
|
974,482 |
11/010/1910 |
Bench Stop by Albert
D. Goodell |
|
984,478 |
02/14/1911 |
Saw Setting Device by
Albert D. Goodell |
|
1,010,894 |
12/05/1911 |
Device for Shoulders on Spokes
by
Albert D. Goodell |
In June, 1915, the Machinery magazine announced:
"Albert D. Goodell, one of the founders of the
Goodell-Pratt Co., Greenfield, Mass., manufacturer of mechanical
tools, died at his home in Shelburne Falls, Mass., aged
sixty-nine years.
For nearly twenty years, however, Mr. A. D.
Goodell has been a sufferer and badly crippled, and yet he kept
on devising new tools and working out his inventions as
assiduously as though he were unhampered by the afflictions that
have distressed him for so many years."(49)
Albert D. Goodell is buried at Arms Cemetery in
Shelburne, Franklin County, MA.
The historian of Massachusetts, Orra L. Stone
commented in 1930:
"Later the Greenfield corporation purchased
the Goodell interest, and all the bit braces, rim wrenches,
and glass cutters manufactured at Shelburne Falls were
produced there until this type of production was
consolidated and removed to the main factory, in Greenfield,
in 1925."(50)
Goodell-Pratt Company
"The Goodell-Pratt Company, Greenfield, Mass., is
now the name of the firm formerly known as the
Goodell Brothers Company, well known as
manufacturers of mechanics' tools. They advise us
that the officers, directors, management and
location remain the same as formerly."(51)
The historical overview of the Goodell-Pratt
Company belongs to a separate chapter. It is vast and intricate. However,
I would like to make a few comments about
my
impression of the relations between Henry E. Goodell, Albert D.
Goodell and William M. Pratt.
I believe the relations between these three men
were one of the key factors contributing to the successful and
mutually satisfying transition from Goodell Brothers Co. and
other Goodell businesses to the Goodell-Pratt Co. The recognition for this process, in my view,
belongs to all three of them.
I am specifically impressed
however with the handling of
this process by William M. Pratt. My impression is that his relation with Henry E.
was very respectful. Several situations provide a clue.
It manifested itself in the fact
that after joining Goodell Brothers Co. he appeared to
concentrate on building up the company with Henry's
participation and inclusion. Even after Henry E. left the company, Pratt did
not change the company name immediately and continued to use
name "Goodell Brothers" for almost two years.
Also, the agreement between the new owners of the
company included the provision for Henry D. to start another
business in the same field. Instead of creating
restrictions and worrying about the competition, Pratt
participated in Henry's ventures and even invested in his second
business, Goodell Manufacturing Co.
He also applied the
same posture in dealing with Albert D. Goodell. He helped
Albert D. in restarting his Goodell Tool Co. in 1893 and
provided a sale expertise for Albert's products. Pratt
recognized Albert's talents and created an
atmosphere of a team-work to benefit everyone
involved.
Some contemporary
interpretations of the Goodell-Pratt Co. history prefer to
call the transition from various Goodell businesses as "take-over"
or "buy-out". I disagree. For me these terms imply
rapid dissolution of old companies and immediate incorporation
into existing, different organization. This was not the
case with any of the Goodells businesses. It was intentionally slow transition and incorporation into
the Goodell-Pratt
organization.
By this, I do not
imply that William M. Pratt had an altruistic motivations.
He was simply a smart and patient businessman. He knew
that creating a friendly environment around Goodell-Pratt
Co. was the right way to build the business. I believe he
was not disappointed in this approach.
William M. Pratt had
in mind a much bigger "fish to fry". He had ambitions to
compete with a company that was much stronger and already had a
long and well-established reputation - the Millers Falls
Company.
Wiktor A. Kuc
February, 2013
If you have comments about this
article, please email them to:
wkuc48@gmail.com
Acknowledgement
First, thank you to
all the readers who were able to follow my thoughts up to this
point. I know it was a long read, but without this
analysis I could not tell the story of two incredible men.
Ted and Lisa Merrill
of Shelburne Historical Society provided photograph of Albert D. Goodell.
Thank you so much! Dee Brochu and her fiend, who wish to
remain anonymous, consulted on burial places of Henry E. Goodell, Albert D. Goodell
and Frederic A. Goodell. Others, who deserve
my appreciation, are already named website owners who put work into analyzing and describing what they learned about
the Goodell brothers.
My thanks also go to
my daughter, Agnes C. Kuc, who patiently edited and translated
my Polish-English into clean English.
My very special thank
you is reserved for Professor Geoffrey Tweedale, PhD. for his
guidance and comments about this work. Without his
encouragement and helping hand I doubt I would have been brave enough
to put my thoughts in writing.
(49)
In some instances news reporters
and magazine journalists took a liberty in interpretation of
history. In this case Albert D. Goodell is named as
one of the founders of Goodell-Pratt Co. Although his
work in tools design contributed to the birth of
Goodell-Pratt Co., in a literal sense he was not a founder
of Goodell-Pratt Co.; Springfield Republican,
Springfield, MA, May 3, 1915, 3.
(50) Stone, Orra L., History of Massachusetts
Industries - Their Inception, Growth and Success, Vol.1,
(Boston-Chicago: 1930), 448.
(51) Carpentry and Building, May, 1899, (New York, 1899).
