Motor. Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title Motor.

Creator

  • Inventor: Forister, John Hardin
    Creator Type: Personal
    Creator Info: Forister, J.H., of Flatonia, Texas.

Contributor

  • Witness: Sloan, M. J.
    Contributor Type: Personal
  • Witness: Koch, M. J.
    Contributor Type: Personal
  • Printer: Norris Peters Co.
    Contributor Type: Organization

Publisher

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

Date

  • Creation: 1885-02-24
  • Acceptance Date: 1885-02-24
  • Submission Date: 1884-12-03

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: Patent for a new and improved motor. This design "relates to a mechanical power adapted to operate a churn, saw, and for other light work, and it has for its object to provide a device of this character which shall be cheap and simple in its construction effective in its operation, and one that will be strong and durable" (lines 9-15).
  • Physical Description: [2], : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject

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

Primary Source

  • Item is a Primary Source

Coverage

  • Place Name: United States - Texas - Fayette County - Flatonia

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: 312990
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth170906

Note

  • Display Note: "SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 312,990, dated February 24, 1885. Application filed December 3, 1884. (No model.)"
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