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Railway Frog Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title Railway Frog

Creator

  • Inventor: Jackson, George Ferris
    Creator Type: Personal
    Creator Info: George Ferris Jackson, of Mount Pleasant, Texas

Contributor

  • Witness: Pounders, S. P.
    Contributor Type: Personal
  • Witness: Cook, John A.
    Contributor Type: Personal
  • Printer: Norris Peters Co.
    Contributor Type: Organization
    Contributor Info: The Norris Peters Co. Photo-Litho. Washington, D. C.

Publisher

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

Date

  • Creation: 1918-07-30
  • Acceptance Date: 1918-07-30
  • Submission Date: 1917-02-08

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: Patent for railway frog which "will tend to minimize the danger of train derailment at switch crossings" (lines 12-13).
  • 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: railway safety
  • Keyword: railway traffic controls

Primary Source

  • Item is a Primary Source

Coverage

  • Place Name: United States - Texas - Titus County - Mount Pleasant

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: 1274050
  • Government Documents No.: 02/147416
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth1257994

Note

  • Display Note: "Application filed February 8, 1917. Serial no. 147,416. (No model)."
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