Name | Street | Town | State | From | To |
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Tonks, Alfred | 49 Union Street (in 1873) | Boston | Massachusetts | 1856 |   |
Tonks, Alfred |   | Malden, Middlesex county | Massachusetts |   | 1889 |
Patent | Date | Remarks |
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16,411 | January 31,1857 | Improvement in Locks of Fire-Arms Patent drawing Specification |
410,235 | September 3, 1889 | Fire-Arms, Daniel A. Draper and Alfred Tonks patent Patent drawing Specification Specification 2nd page Specification 3rd page |
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The Tonks revolver is one of the simplest self-cocking revolvers patented in the percussion era. It contains but five working parts, only sixteen parts in all, with no cylinder stop. Fewer than 25 were made. |