Insect Destroyer. Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title Insect Destroyer.

Creator

  • Inventor: Grafton, William
    Creator Type: Personal
    Creator Info: Grafton, W., of Cuero, Texas.

Contributor

  • Witness: Brownson, T. J.
    Contributor Type: Personal
  • Witness: Schleicher, G. 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: 1883-12-25
  • Acceptance Date: 1883-12-25
  • Submission Date: 1880-11-11

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: Patent for a new and improved pest control device. This design "consist[s] of the flexible air-supply funnel, having end-supporting and mouth-distending rim, terminating in vertical bottom legs or branches, the gas generator, the air-inlet tube having the valve, and the rigid gas-discharge tube" (lines 22-28).
  • Physical Description: [2], 1 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject

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

Primary Source

  • Item is a Primary Source

Coverage

  • Place Name: United States - Texas - DeWitt County - Cuero

Relation

  • References: 166083
  • References: 166093

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: 290877
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth170673

Note

  • Display Note: "SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 290,877, dated December 25, 1883. Application filed November 11, 1880. Renewed July 16, 1883. (No model.)"
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