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Rotary Boring-Drill. (open access)

Rotary Boring-Drill.

Patent for an improved rotary boring drill of the roller type for use in digging wells or mines in earth or rock. These improvements are primarily a means for housing the cutters of a drill in a removable housing that can be quickly removed but also firmly secured against accidental removal during operation.
Date: December 31, 1918
Creator: Hughes, Howard R.
System: The Portal to Texas History