US Patent: 125,858 
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| Improvement in Try-Squares
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 | Justus A. Traut (exact or similar names) - New Britain, CT |  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Apr. 16, 1872 | 
 
 
 
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                        Jeff Joslin Vintage Machinery entry for The Stanley Works 
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        Description: |  
| An improvement in the metal stock of the handle of a try-square in combination with a solid wood block which forms the outer surface of the handle. Basically an extended metal lip that is secured by one screw in the middle of a solid wood stock. |  
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