Patent for "improvements in cotton-presses, it's object being to produce a compact and efficient apparatus, adapted to be secure in the floor between the first and second stories of a building, in such a manner that the press-box can be filled and the cotton made up into bales in the upper story, while the pressing operation is effected from below." (Lines 7-15) Includes instructions and illustrations.
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Titles
Main Title:
Improvement in Cotton-Presses.
Added Title:
Cotton-Presses.
Description
Patent for "improvements in cotton-presses, it's object being to produce a compact and efficient apparatus, adapted to be secure in the floor between the first and second stories of a building, in such a manner that the press-box can be filled and the cotton made up into bales in the upper story, while the pressing operation is effected from below." (Lines 7-15) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Physical Description
[1], 2 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Notes
Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 198,907, dated January 1, 1878; application filed June 13, 1877.
Thompson, Robert C. & Thompson, Joseph N.Improvement in Cotton-Presses.,
patent,
January 1, 1878;
[Washington D.C.].
(https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth166743/:
accessed June 20, 2024),
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