Farm Gate. Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title Farm Gate.

Creator

  • Inventor: Miller, Wilson B.
    Creator Type: Personal
    Creator Info: Miller, W.B., of Sherman, Texas.

Contributor

  • Witness: White, William W.
    Contributor Type: Personal
  • Witness: Brown, P. W.
    Contributor Type: Personal
  • Printer: Norris Peters Co.
    Contributor Type: Organization

Publisher

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

Date

  • Creation: 1881-09-13
  • Acceptance Date: 1881-09-13
  • Submission Date: 1881-08-04

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: Patent for a new and improved gate. This design consists "[i]n a swinging gate pivoted at its lower inner end and suspended by a diagonal wire, upon which it swings in being opened and closed, the adjustable bar provided with a depending loop or staple for the suspending-wire, the point of suspension by said loop, being between the latch end of the gate and a vertical line drawn through its pivot-pin" (lines 51-58).
  • Physical Description: 2 sheets, [1], 1 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject

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

Primary Source

  • Item is a Primary Source

Coverage

  • Place Name: United States - Texas - Grayson County - Sherman

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: 247093
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth170232

Note

  • Display Note: "SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 247,093, dated September 13, 1881. Application filed August 4, 1881. (No model.)"
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