Cotton, Corn, and Pea Planter. Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title Cotton, Corn, and Pea Planter.

Creator

  • Inventor: Applewhite, David Thomas
    Creator Type: Personal
    Creator Info: Applewhite, D.T., of Clayton, Texas.

Contributor

  • Witness: Hawthorn, J. H.
    Contributor Type: Personal
  • Witness: Ash, R. P.
    Contributor Type: Personal
  • Printer: Norris Peters Co.
    Contributor Type: Organization

Publisher

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

Date

  • Creation: 1885-08-18
  • Acceptance Date: 1885-08-18
  • Submission Date: 1885-06-12

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: Patent for a new and improved planter. This design consists in "[t]he combination, in a planter and fertilizer-distributer, of a revolving drum having openings communicating with a groove in its periphery for sowing fertilizer, and a seeding mechanism arranged above the drum, whereby the seeds will fall into the groove of the drum and be thereby conveyed to the furrow" (lines 3-9).
  • Physical Description: [2], 1 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject

  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Inventions
  • Art and Architecture Thesaurus (Getty): agricultural equipment
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Science and Technology
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Agriculture - Farm Equipment
  • Keyword: planters

Primary Source

  • Item is a Primary Source

Coverage

  • Place Name: United States - Texas - Panola County - Clayton

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: 324514
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth171059

Note

  • Display Note: "SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 324,514, dated August 18, 1885. Application filed June 12, 1885. (No model.)"
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