| US Patent: 248,460 
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| Weather-Board Gage | 
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| Patentee: |  |
 | Isaac A. Harris (exact or similar names) - St. Charles, MN |  
 
 
 
 
| Manufacturer: |  | Not known to have been produced |  
 
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| Patent Dates: |  
| Applied: | Jul. 30, 1881 |  
| Granted: | Oct. 18, 1881 |  USPTO (New site tip)
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| Description: |  | This clapboard gage provides an arm that can swing up to act as a 
    fence for marking, as well as a marking awl attached on a string to
    be used for this purpose.
    Two variants are shown in the patent drawing: one which clamps to the 
    previous run of clapboards, and one which clamps to the corner board. |  |