Seed Planter. Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title Seed Planter.

Creator

  • Inventor: Scott, Arthur Eugene
    Creator Type: Personal
    Creator Info: Scott, A.E., of Lone Grove, Texas.

Contributor

  • Witness: Foote, Samuel Douglas
    Contributor Type: Personal
  • Witness: Rogers, William Lemuel
    Contributor Type: Personal
  • Printer: Norris Peters Co.
    Contributor Type: Organization

Publisher

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

Date

  • Creation: 1885-05-19
  • Acceptance Date: 1885-05-19
  • Submission Date: 1885-01-27

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: Patent for a new and improved seed planter. This design consists "[i]n a seed-planter, the combination of the seed wheel or disk having a series of seed cups or recesses in its periphery with a band or tire fitting upon the periphery of the disk having slots registering with the recesses and provided at one end of each slot with an inwardly-bent tongue forming an adjustable wall for each recess" (lines 32-39).
  • 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: planters

Primary Source

  • Item is a Primary Source

Coverage

  • Place Name: United States - Texas - Llano County - Lone Grove

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: 318311
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth170979

Note

  • Display Note: "SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 318,311, dated May 19, 1885. Application filed January 27, 1885. (No model.)"
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