An invention by Chief Coiner Henry Voight

denga

This newspaper clipping dates from 1802.

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savoyspecial

so he invented the screwdriver??

rxer

not just any screwdrive but one that stops after 1 inch

RWB

Important since there was no means for mreasuring torque. This helped to set screws to the correct depth w/o cracking.

Coinosaurus

It looks like the writer had a lisp. Or should I say "lifp?"

messydesk

Too bad he didn't feek a patent for his fcrew-turning engine. Had he done fo, we could vifit the patent office's web fite and fee a defcription of this device.

firstmint

1802 was a slow year for making coinage at the Philadelphia Mint.

Now we know how Chief Coiner Henry Voigt, who was previously involved with watchmaking (among other interesting things) spent some of his time when he wasn't striking blank planchets.