Part 8

In 1865 George Parr in his application for an improved screwdriver stated categorically that the scalloped blade served no purpose other than decoration. See U.S. patent 45,854, dated January 10, 1865.

Francis A. Walker, ed., United States Centennial Commission, International Exhibition, 1876, Reports and Awards, Group XV (Philadelphia, 1877), p. 5.

Ibid., p. 6.

Ibid., pp. 9-10.

Ibid., pp. 11-12.

Ibid., pp. 14, 44, 5.

Ibid., p. 13.

Restored patent 4,859X, August 24, 1827, National Archives, Washington, D.C.

U.S. pat. 16,889, U.S. Patent Office, Washington, D.C. The numbered specifications that follow may be found in the same place.

Walker, ed., Reports and Awards, group 15, p. 13.

Ibid.

Tools (Boston, 1884), p. 54 [in the Smithsonian Institution Library].

Tools and Supplies (June 1900), no. 85 [in the Smithsonian Institution Library].

Walker, op. cit. (footnote 19), p. 14.

Tools for All Trades (New York, 1896), item 75 [in the Smithsonian Institution Library].

See Baldwin, Robbins & Co.: Illustrated Catalogue (Boston, 1894), pp. 954, 993 [in the Smithsonian Institution Library].

Walker, op. cit. (footnote 19), p. 14.

Tools and Supplies, op. cit. (footnote 22).

Mechanick Exercise ..., p. 62.

Ibid., p. 95.

Walker, op. cit. (footnote 19), pp. 31-49.

Mechanick Exercises ..., p. 94.

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