Improvement in Revolving Fire-Arms.

Improvement in Revolving Fire-Arms. Metadata

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Title

Main Title Improvement in Revolving Fire-Arms.
Added Title Revolver.

Creator

Inventor: Haynes, William C.

Creator Type: Personal

Creator Info: William C. Haynes, of Melrose, Texas.

Contributor

Witness: Hardeman, B., Jr.

Contributor Type: Personal
Witness: Short Jr., I. C.

Contributor Type: Personal

Publisher

Name: United States. Patent Office.

Place of Publication: [Washington D.C.]

Date

Creation: 1859-03-01
Acceptance Date: 1859-03-01

Language

English

Description

Content Description: Patent for discharging buckshot without reloading and with the precision of firing "a single bullet fired from a barrel of proper bore to fit it" (lines 17-18), including illustrations.
Physical Description: [2], 1 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject

Library of Congress Subject Headings: Inventions
University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Science and Technology
University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Social Life and Customs - Firearms
University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Military and War - Weapons
Keyword: revolvers
Keyword: muzzles (firearms)

Primary Source

Item is a Primary Source

Coverage

Place Name: United States - Texas - Nacogdoches County - Melrose

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

Accession or Local Control No: 23087
Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth165069