Gate. Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title Gate.

Creator

  • Inventor: Cowan, Elias
    Creator Type: Personal
    Creator Info: Cowan, E., of Mason, Texas.

Contributor

  • Witness: Salye, D. J.
    Contributor Type: Personal
  • Witness: Cowan, A. R.
    Contributor Type: Personal
  • Printer: Norris Peters Co.
    Contributor Type: Organization

Publisher

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

Date

  • Creation: 1884-12-16
  • Acceptance Date: 1884-12-16
  • Submission Date: 1883-02-02

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: Patent for a new and improved gate. This design has for its object, "first, to provide a gate that the rider or driver can open or shut without dismounting; second, one that cannot be left accidentally open, so as to admit stock to pass through an inclosure; and third, one that the vehicle or horse[-rider] passes over, and one that the wind does not affect" (lines 11-17).
  • 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: gates

Primary Source

  • Item is a Primary Source

Coverage

  • Place Name: United States - Texas - Mason County - Mason

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: 309512
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth170876

Note

  • Display Note: "SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 309,512, dated December 16, 1884. Application filed February 2, 1883. (Model.)"
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