Patent Model - Improvement in Tubing-Tongs
Maker and role
Lemuel Young (b.1845, d.1918), Patentee
Production date
Sep 02 1879
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Object detail
Media/Materials
Wood, iron
Measurements
2 1/2 x 15 1/4 x 7 3/4" (6.4 x 38.7 x 19.7cm)
Description
Young's patent "relates to a novel construction of tubing-tongs, designed more particularly for screwing and unscrewing the sections of tubing for oil wells, but applicable to general use as pipe-tongs." (Patent Number 219,338)
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Object number
2015.14.3921
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