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Laroy Sunderland Starrett

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Laroy Sunderland Starrett

Birth
China, Kennebec County, Maine, USA
Death
23 Apr 1922 (aged 85)
Saint Petersburg, Pinellas County, Florida, USA
Burial
Athol, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA Add to Map
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Laroy Sunderland Starrett (1836 – 1922) was a businessman and inventor. He founded the L. S. Starrett Company in Athol, Mass. and held about 100 patents for various inventions. Burial: Athol, Massachusetts.

Patents:

* meat chopper - patent May 23, 1865
* shoe studs and hooks - patented Jan. 28, 1868
* combination square - patented Feb. 26, 1879
* center try-square - patented June 29, 1880
* a surface gauge - patented Mar. 21, 1882
* a beveling instrument - Aug. 7, and Dec 4, 1883
* screw thread gage - May 19, 1885
* calipers and dividers - Dec. 27, 1887
* micrometer caliper square - Mar. 5, 1889
* micrometer gauge - July 29, 1890
* bevel protractor - May 10, 1892
* adjusted rules
* calipers
* dividers
* gauges
* hacksaw blades
* hacksaws
* levels
* measures
* pliers
* protractors
* screw drivers
* screw pitch gauges
* slide rules
* squares
* steel rules
* surface gauges
* wrenches
Laroy Sunderland Starrett (1836 – 1922) was a businessman and inventor. He founded the L. S. Starrett Company in Athol, Mass. and held about 100 patents for various inventions. Burial: Athol, Massachusetts.

Patents:

* meat chopper - patent May 23, 1865
* shoe studs and hooks - patented Jan. 28, 1868
* combination square - patented Feb. 26, 1879
* center try-square - patented June 29, 1880
* a surface gauge - patented Mar. 21, 1882
* a beveling instrument - Aug. 7, and Dec 4, 1883
* screw thread gage - May 19, 1885
* calipers and dividers - Dec. 27, 1887
* micrometer caliper square - Mar. 5, 1889
* micrometer gauge - July 29, 1890
* bevel protractor - May 10, 1892
* adjusted rules
* calipers
* dividers
* gauges
* hacksaw blades
* hacksaws
* levels
* measures
* pliers
* protractors
* screw drivers
* screw pitch gauges
* slide rules
* squares
* steel rules
* surface gauges
* wrenches


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