Insect Destroyer. Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title Insect Destroyer.

Creator

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

Contributor

  • Witness: Garner, J. W.
    Contributor Type: Personal
    Contributor Info: Witness for illustration
  • Witness: Haines, W. S. D.
    Contributor Type: Personal
    Contributor Info: Witness for illustration
  • Witness: Rohden, John
    Contributor Type: Personal
  • Witness: Treptow, C .F. 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: 1883-11-20
  • Acceptance Date: 1883-11-20
  • Submission Date: 1883-08-31

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: Patent for a new and improved pest trap. This design "consists in the combination of a suitable fire chamber provided with a cover at its top, a pipe which passes through its side to admit a blast of air, a removable bottom, which is supported inside of the bottom of the chamber upon suitable supports, and a removable pipe through which the products of combustion are forced . . . when these parts are destroyed they have only to be replaced by new ones" (lines 14-28).
  • Physical Description: [2], : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject

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

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

  • Patent Number: 288833
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth170657

Note

  • Display Note: "SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 288,833, dated November 20, 1883. Application filed August 31, 1883. (Model.)"
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