Electric Switch Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title Electric Switch

Creator

  • Inventor: Teare, J. W.
    Creator Type: Personal
    Creator Info: J. W. Teare of Kiowa, Texas

Contributor

  • Witness: Bell, J. W.
    Contributor Type: Personal
    Contributor Info: J. W. Bell
  • Witness: Bell, C. R.
    Contributor Type: Personal
    Contributor Info: Witness to illustration

Publisher

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

Date

  • Acceptance Date: 1917-12-04
  • Creation: 1917-12-04
  • Submission Date: 1917-02-08

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: Patent is for electric switch that minimizes other phone interference and limits each call to a single caller on the line. Two lines can be connected to the switch.
  • Physical Description: [1], 3 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject

  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Inventions
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Science and Technology - Tools
  • Keyword: switches
  • Keyword: electronics
  • Keyword: phones

Primary Source

  • Item is a Primary Source

Coverage

  • Place Name: United States - Texas - Cooke County - Lake Kiowa

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: 1249245
  • Government Documents No.: 02/146418
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth1257254

Note

  • Display Note: Application date: 1917-02-08. Serial Number: 02/146418. Second witness of illustration illegible.
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