Patent for "a portable machine comprising a pile-driving apparatus, with a portable attachment for making the holes and driving in the posts; also, a boring attachment for deep holes, and also wire-drums for carrying and delivering wires for the wire fence or telegraph wires." (Lines 6-12) Includes instructions and illustrations.
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Titles
Main Title:
Improvement in Fence-Building Machines.
Added Title:
Fence Building-Machine.
Description
Patent for "a portable machine comprising a pile-driving apparatus, with a portable attachment for making the holes and driving in the posts; also, a boring attachment for deep holes, and also wire-drums for carrying and delivering wires for the wire fence or telegraph wires." (Lines 6-12) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Physical Description
[1], 1 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Notes
Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 177,587, dated May 16, 1876; application filed March 13, 1876.
Tally, Thomas J.Improvement in Fence-Building Machines.,
patent,
May 16, 1876;
[Washington D.C.].
(https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth166550/:
accessed June 5, 2024),
University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu;
crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.