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Friedman gets his patent



Just a little news item on a name familiar to everyone in Team Voynich:

The US Patent Office has granted patent #6097812 to William Friedman for
his "Cryptographic System" (an Enigma-like machine). Friedman filed for
this patent in 1933!

See the patent here:
http://www.patents.ibm.com/details?&pn=US06097812__&s_all=1

-Adams

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