US Patent: 659,852
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| Horseshoe Gage
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Patentee:
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| Albert F. Libby (exact or similar names) - Northwood, Rockingham County, NH |
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A. F. Libby - Northwood, Rockingham County, NH |
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Patent Dates:
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| Applied: |
Oct. 29, 1898 |
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Oct. 16, 1900 |
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Joel Havens
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Description: |
| Abstract:
his invention relates to means for determining at that point to raise or thicken the shoe of a horse, as well as other matters pertaining to the proper shoeing of a horse, in a manner to prevent the imperfect handling of his feet, resulting in interfering, overreaching, &c. These defects in the motion of the feet of a horse are the direct result of an imperfect bearing in one or more of his feet—i. e., the bearing does not come directly in the center of the frog. To correct this defect is usually a matter of' guesswork with a horseshoer, and hence very apt to prove unsatisfactory. The object of my invention is to make this class of work a matter of measurement by the use of a suitable gage graduated to degrees, as will be fully set forth in the following specification and claim, and clearly illustrated in the drawings accompanying and forming a part of the same, of which Figure 1 is an elevation showing my improved gage as when in position to measure the angle of one side of the hoof of a horse, the hoof being represented by a single line and the floor or ground by another line. |
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