In patent law. “Engine” and “method” mean the same thing, and may be the subject of a patent Method, properly speaking, is only placing several things, or performing several operations, in the most convenient order, but it may signify a contrivance or device. Fessen. Pat. 127; Hornblower v. Boulton, 8 Term R. 106.
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