US Patent: 47,824 
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| Improvement in Carpenters' Gages
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	        Patentee:
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 | Martin Horton (exact or similar names) - Brooklyn, NY |  
 
 
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| 33/42 |  
 
 
 
 
 
 
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| Granted: | 
May 23, 1865 | 
 
 
 
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                        Ralph Brendler 
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        Description: |  
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	 A fairly simple patent, covering the use of a retractable point
	 for one of the mortise marking pins. The point is retractable
	 since it is in fact a screw tip! You back out the screw, and your
	 2-point gage becomes a single point gage.
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