Improvement in Scissors. Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title Improvement in Scissors.
  • Added Title Scissors.

Creator

  • Inventor: Waldie, Samuel H.
    Creator Type: Personal
    Creator Info: Samuel H. Waldie, of Belmont, Texas.

Contributor

  • Witness: Tadlock, John S.
    Contributor Type: Personal
  • Witness: Hargrave, I. G.
    Contributor Type: Personal
  • Printer: A.M. Photo-Lithogr. Co.
    Contributor Type: Organization
    Contributor Info: AM Photo-Lithographic Co. NY

Publisher

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

Date

  • Creation: 1874-05-19
  • Acceptance Date: 1874-05-19
  • Submission Date: 1874-02-21

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: Patent for "scissors for the use of dealers in dry goods; and it consists in providing an ordinary pair of scissors with an extension at or near the end of one of the blades, having an entering point and an eye to carry a thread, and designed to serve a convenient purpose in tagging and retagging goods." (Lines 14-21) Includes instructions and illustrations.
  • Physical Description: [1], 1 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject

  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Inventions
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Science and Technology

Coverage

  • Place Name: United States - Texas - Gonzales County - Belmont

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: 151179
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth166965

Note

  • Display Note: Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 151,179, dated May 19, 1874; application filed February 21, 1874.
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