Track Gage Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title Track Gage
  • Alternate Title Track-Gage

Creator

  • Inventor: McGuire, Johnie A.
    Creator Type: Personal
    Creator Info: Johnie A. McGuire, of Cushing, Texas in Nacogdoches County.

Contributor

  • Witness: Scogin, N. H.
    Contributor Type: Personal
    Contributor Info: Witness for illustration.
  • Witness: Rauchrism, L. J.
    Contributor Type: Personal
    Contributor Info: Witness for illustration.

Publisher

  • Name: United States. Patent Office.
    Place of Publication: [Washington D.C.]

Date

  • Creation: 1918-10-29
  • Acceptance Date: 1918-10-29
  • Submission Date: 1918-06-05

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: Patent for a track laying appliance which gages the distance between the rails of a track so that the rails may be disposed at the proper gages at all times. (Lines 10-13)
  • Physical Description: 2 sheets, 1 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject

  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Inventions
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Railroad tracks
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Science and Technology

Primary Source

  • Item is a Primary Source

Collection

  • Name: Texas Patents
    Code: TXPT

Institution

  • Name: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
    Code: UNTGD

Rights

  • Rights License: pd

Resource Type

  • Patent

Format

  • Text

Identifier

  • Patent Number: 1282897
  • Government Documents No.: 02/1282897
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth1256809

Note

  • Display Note: Application filed June 5, 1918. Serial no. 238,341.
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