title: Tool for Sinking Wells.
creator: Stephenson, James D.
contributor: Miller, N. R.
contributor: Oliphant, Patrick
contributor: Norris Peters Co.
publisher: United States. Patent Office.
date: 1891-06-16
language: English
description: Patent for improvements in tools for sinking artesian wells, that
 the tool “will perform its duty under all circumstance and excavate as well in
 hard materials as in soft earth, as quicksand and cavey formations, and will
 not have its functions interfered with when an insufficient flow of water is
 encountered.”  (Lines 17-22)  Illustration is included.
subject: Inventions
subject: Science and Technology
subject: Science and Technology - Tools
subject: chisels
subject: detachable diaphragms
coverage: United States - Texas - Kendall County - Boerne
rights: Public Domain
type: Patent
format: [1], 2 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
format: Text
identifier: pat-no: 454082
identifier: https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth172716/
identifier: ark: ark:/67531/metapth172716