| US Patent: 67,269 
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| Improvement in Slides for Rules, Scales and Tables | 
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| Patentee: |  |
 | F. J. Coffin (exact or similar names) - Newburyport, MA |  
 
 
 
 
| Manufacturer: |  | Not known to have been produced |  
 
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| Patent Dates: |  
| Granted: | Jul. 30, 1867 |  USPTO (New site tip)
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| Description: |  | This design is for a metal slider that can be used to accurately read from a rule or scale that has multiple scales printed on it.  One of the patent pictures shows it being applied to a log rule, but it could also be used for a gunther scale or slide rule. |  |