US Patent: 200,048 - Improvement in Compasses


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US Patent: 200,048

Improvement in Compasses

Patentee:

Andrew P. Freshman (exact or similar names) - Belleville, IL

USPTO Classifications:

33/558.03

Tool Categories:

layout tools : compasses

Assignees:

George Eisenberg - Belleville, IL

Manufacturer:

Not known to have been produced

Witnesses:

Patent Dates:
Applied:	Nov. 26, 1877
Granted:	Feb. 05, 1878

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Description:

This compass features a complicated series of arms holding the tip, such that the points remain parallel regardless of what angle the compass is opened to.