Patent for "an earth-excavator, principally for use in making the road-beds for railroads, which shall not only do its work continuously, but which shall be equally efficient in throwing up an embankment or in making a deep cut." (Lines 8-12) Includes instructions and illustrations.
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Titles
Main Title:
Improvement in Locomotive Earth-Excavators.
Added Title:
Locomotive Earth-Excavator.
Description
Patent for "an earth-excavator, principally for use in making the road-beds for railroads, which shall not only do its work continuously, but which shall be equally efficient in throwing up an embankment or in making a deep cut." (Lines 8-12) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Physical Description
[2], 1 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Notes
Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 171,564, dated December 28, 1875; application filed December 8, 1875.
Hawley, Abel.Improvement in Locomotive Earth-Excavators.,
patent,
December 28, 1875;
[Washington D.C.].
(https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth166510/:
accessed June 19, 2024),
University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.;
crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.