| US Patent: 100,072 
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| Improvement in Instruments for Drawing Geometrical Lines | 
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| Patentee: |  |
 | William Ritchie (exact or similar names) - Wilmington, IL |  
 
| USPTO Classifications: |  | 33/26 |  
 
 
 
| Manufacturer: |  | Not known to have been produced |  
 
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| Patent Dates: |  
| Granted: | Feb. 22, 1870 |  USPTO (New site tip)
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| Description: |  | This clever but complicated compass features a pair of sliding arms that fit into a rotating center block.  By adjusting the travel of the arms, one can easily draw circles, ellipses, involutes, and epicycloids. |  |