Blacking Brush.

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Patent for a new and improved blacking brush. This design utilizes springs to move a blacking brush to and from a can of polish. This results in "evenness of wear of the bristles of the brush, economy of blacking, absence of spattering while extracting the blacking from the box, convenience in substituting the circular brush as a lid for the box in case of loss of the box-lid, and the saving of time in looking for a blacking-brush and a blacking-box separately" (lines 53-60).

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[2], : ill. ; 23 cm.

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Wood, Edmund Lorenzo. September 21, 1880.

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  • Wood, Edmund Lorenzo. Wood, E.L., of Eastland City, Texas, assignor of one-half of his right to Daniel Boone and Charles U. Connellee, of same place.

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Patent for a new and improved blacking brush. This design utilizes springs to move a blacking brush to and from a can of polish. This results in "evenness of wear of the bristles of the brush, economy of blacking, absence of spattering while extracting the blacking from the box, convenience in substituting the circular brush as a lid for the box in case of loss of the box-lid, and the saving of time in looking for a blacking-brush and a blacking-box separately" (lines 53-60).

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[2], : ill. ; 23 cm.

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"SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 232,585, dated September 21, 1880. Application filed May 19, 1880. (No model.)"

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  • September 21, 1880

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  • May 19, 1880

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Wood, Edmund Lorenzo. Blacking Brush., patent, September 21, 1880; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth170045/: accessed April 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.

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