Improvement inTables. Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title Improvement inTables.

Creator

  • Inventor: Melcher, John C.
    Creator Type: Personal
    Creator Info: John Melcher, Of O'Quinn, Texas.

Contributor

  • Witness: Melcher, John F.
    Contributor Type: Personal
  • Witness: Gebert, Max E.
    Contributor Type: Personal
  • Printer: Norris Peters Co.
    Contributor Type: Organization
    Contributor Info: The Norris Peters Co., Photo-Lithographer, Washington, D. C.

Publisher

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

Date

  • Creation: 1878-11-19
  • Acceptance Date: 1878-11-19
  • Submission Date: 1878-09-24

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: Patent for improvement in tables which "consists in the arrangement and combination of parts that will be more fully described hereinafter, whereby the table can be taken apart, packed in a small compass for transportation, and then put together again by an inexperienced hand” (lines 11-17).
  • 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
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Arts and Crafts - Crafts - Wood Carving

Primary Source

  • Item is a Primary Source

Coverage

  • Place Name: United States - Texas - Fayette County - O'Quinn

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

  • Accession or Local Control No: 210138
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth169793

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