title: Measure for Oil-Wells. title: Measure for Oil Wells. creator: Richardson, Robert B. contributor: James, L. B. publisher: United States. Patent Office. date: 1918-05-21 language: English description: Patent for a device measuring the depth of oil and other wells by computing the distance preferably by the sand line or other line as it is let down from the earth's surface to the bottom of the well. subject: Inventions subject: Science and Technology subject: Business, Economics and Finance - Oil and Gas - Oil Wells coverage: United States - Texas - Wichita County - Electra rights: Public Domain type: Patent format: [1], 2 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. format: Text identifier: pat-no: 1267271 identifier: govno: 02/183918 identifier: https://texashistory.unt.edu./ark:/67531/metapth1257098/ identifier: ark: ark:/67531/metapth1257098