History
The patent for an Exhaust muffler for engines was awarded to Milton O. Reeves and Marshall T. Reeves of Columbus, Indiana of the Reeves Pulley Company on 11 May 1897. US Patent Office application No 582485 states that they have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Exhaust-Mufflers for engines ....
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