| US Patent: 57,136 
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| Hand Punch | 
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| Patentee: |  |
 | Cyrus B. Holden (exact or similar names) - Worcester, MA |  
 
 
 
 
 
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| Granted: | Aug. 14, 1866 |  
 
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| Description: |  | Compound leverage hand punch. One use for the design was by railroad conductors, etc. 1878 RAILWAY AGE ads supply a manufacturer's name. 
Improved by Robert Woodman's Oct. 2, 1883 patent no. 285,867. By 1884, Woodman claimed "proprietorship" of this and other similar patents. |  |