Improvement in Cotton-Presses. Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title Improvement in Cotton-Presses.
  • Added Title Cotton-Presses.

Creator

  • Inventor: Thompson, Robert C.
    Creator Type: Personal
    Creator Info: Robert C. Thompson and Joseph N. Thompson, of Bonham, Texas.
  • Inventor: Thompson, Joseph N.
    Creator Type: Personal
    Creator Info: Robert C. Thompson and Joseph N. Thompson, of Bonham, Texas.

Contributor

  • Witness: Munnebe, W. A.
    Contributor Type: Personal
  • Witness: Preston, George A.
    Contributor Type: Personal
  • Printer: Norris Peters Co.
    Contributor Type: Organization
    Contributor Info: N. Peters Photo-Lithographer

Publisher

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

Date

  • Creation: 1878-01-01
  • Acceptance Date: 1878-01-01
  • Submission Date: 1877-06-13

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content 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.

Subject

  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Inventions
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Science and Technology
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Agriculture - Processing and Storage
  • Art and Architecture Thesaurus (Getty): agricultural equipment

Coverage

  • Place Name: United States - Texas - Fannin County - Bonham

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: 198907
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth166743

Note

  • Display Note: Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 198,907, dated January 1, 1878; application filed June 13, 1877.
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