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DescriptionFirst socket wrench.png	English: Engraving of the first ratcheting socket wrench and two sockets, invented by J. J. Richardson and patented on June 18, 1863, from the article about it in Scientific American magazine. Instead of a male connector on the wrench, as modern socket wrenches have, in this tool the outside of the sockets (E) fit into the square hole (F) in the wrench. The ratchet (C) only turns in one direction; to turn nuts in the other direction the wrench is turned over and the socket is attached to the other side. Alterations to image: removed caption "RICHARDSON'S PATENT WRENCH" and converted to 4 greyscale PNG.
Date	16 April 1864
Source	Downloaded July 4, 2008 from 'Improved Wrench' (April 16, 1864) Scientific American, Vol. 10, Issue 16, Munn & Co., New York, p.249 at Cornell Univ. Library
Author	J. J. Richardson
Permission (Reusing this file)	Public domain in USA - published in USA prior to 1923

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