Wrench. Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title Wrench.

Creator

  • Inventor: Weir, Duncan
    Creator Type: Personal
    Creator Info: Weir, D., of Marshall, Texas.

Contributor

  • Witness: Norman, F. N.
    Contributor Type: Personal
  • Witness: Beer, J. V.
    Contributor Type: Personal
  • Printer: Norris Peters Co.
    Contributor Type: Organization

Publisher

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

Date

  • Creation: 1880-09-21
  • Acceptance Date: 1880-09-21
  • Submission Date: 1880-07-02

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: Patent for a new and improved wrench. This design is "especially adapted for manipulating pipe-joints, though applicable, also, for use in manipulating nuts, &c.; and it consists in the [novel] detailed construction and combination of operating parts" (lines 24-28).
  • Physical Description: [2], : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject

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

Primary Source

  • Item is a Primary Source

Coverage

  • Place Name: United States - Texas - Harrison County - Marshall

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: 232581
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth170044

Note

  • Display Note: "SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 232,581, dated September 21, 1880. Application filed July 2, 1880. (Model.)"
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