<s>
A	O
Polygraph	B-Application
is	O
a	O
duplicating	O
device	O
that	O
produces	O
a	O
copy	O
of	O
a	O
piece	O
of	O
writing	O
simultaneously	O
with	O
the	O
creation	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
,	O
using	O
pens	O
and	O
ink	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Patented	O
by	O
John	O
Isaac	O
Hawkins	O
on	O
May	O
17	O
,	O
1803	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
most	O
famously	O
used	O
by	O
the	O
third	O
U.S.	O
president	O
,	O
Thomas	O
Jefferson	O
,	O
who	O
acquired	O
his	O
first	O
polygraph	B-Application
in	O
1804	O
and	O
later	O
suggested	O
improvements	O
to	O
Charles	O
Willson	O
Peale	O
,	O
owner	O
of	O
the	O
American	O
rights	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jefferson	O
called	O
the	O
polygraph	B-Application
"	O
the	O
finest	O
invention	O
of	O
the	O
present	O
age	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
See	O
for	O
a	O
QuickTime	B-Application
animation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Original	O
polygraphs	B-Application
may	O
be	O
viewed	O
at	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
locations	O
around	O
the	O
world	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
American	O
patent	O
document	O
for	O
the	O
polygraph	B-Application
,	O
issued	O
to	O
John	O
J	O
.	O
Hawkins	O
on	O
May	O
17	O
,	O
1803	O
,	O
was	O
lost	O
in	O
a	O
Patent	O
Office	O
fire	O
in	O
1836	O
.	O
</s>
