title: Wrench. creator: Weir, Duncan contributor: Norman, F. N. contributor: Beer, J. V. contributor: Norris Peters Co. publisher: United States. Patent Office. date: 1880-09-21 language: English description: Patent for a new and improved wrench. This design is "especially adapted for manipulating pipe-joints, though applicable, also, for use in manipulating nuts, &c.; and it consists in the [novel] detailed construction and combination of operating parts" (lines 24-28). subject: Inventions subject: Science and Technology subject: wrenches coverage: United States - Texas - Harrison County - Marshall rights: Public Domain type: Patent format: [2], : ill. ; 23 cm. format: Text identifier: pat-no: 232581 identifier: https://texashistory.unt.edu./ark:/67531/metapth170044/ identifier: ark: ark:/67531/metapth170044