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Improvement in Car Brakes and Starters
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Patent for improvements in rail road-car breaks, starters, and checkers. "The nature of the invention consists in certain constructions, combinations, and arrangements of parts" (lines 19-21).
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Description
Patent for improvements in rail road-car breaks, starters, and checkers. "The nature of the invention consists in certain constructions, combinations, and arrangements of parts" (lines 19-21).
Marean, William.Improvement in Car Brakes and Starters,
patent,
April 24, 1877;
[Washington D.C.].
(https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth166654/:
accessed June 27, 2024),
University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.;
crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.