Lex Anteinternet: Tuesday, August 10, 1909. Drilling bit.

Monday, August 10, 2009

Tuesday, August 10, 1909. Drilling bit.

Howard Hughes Sr was issued a patent for the rotary bit that would revolutionize petroleum drilling and found the fortune of the Hughes economic empire.

Hughes had originally been a lawyer.

After leaving Harvard in '94, I found myself in the Law School of the Iowa State University. It was my father's wish that I succeed him in his practice. Too impatient to await the course of graduation, I passed the examination before the Supreme Court of Iowa and began the practice of law. I soon found the law a too-exacting mistress for a man of my talent, and I quit her between dark and dawn, and have never since been back. I decided to search for my fortune under the surface of the earth.

Howard Hughes Sr., 1912.

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Monday, August 9, 1909. Pennies.

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This blog has been around since 2009. In the very first post, we asked the question: "What the heck is this blog about?"

Our answer to the question was: "The intent of this blog is to try to explore and learn a few things about the practice of law prior to the current era. That is, prior to the internet, prior to easy roads, and the like. How did it work, how regional was it, how did lawyers perceive their roles, and how were they perceived?"

We also noted: "Part of the reason for this, quite frankly, has something to do with minor research for a very slow moving book."

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