Corn and Cotton Planter. Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title Corn and Cotton Planter.

Creator

  • Inventor: McNorton, John T.
    Creator Type: Personal
    Creator Info: McNorton, J.T., of Burnet, Texas.

Contributor

  • Witness: Meherville, George R. L.
    Contributor Type: Personal
    Contributor Info: Meherville, Geo. R.L.
  • Witness: Whiplett, W.
    Contributor Type: Personal
  • Witness: Trotter, V. W.
    Contributor Type: Personal
  • Witness: Speiden, William L.
    Contributor Type: Personal
    Contributor Info: Witness for illustration
  • Witness: Miller, L. L.
    Contributor Type: Personal
    Contributor Info: Witness for illustration
  • Printer: Norris Peters Co.
    Contributor Type: Organization
  • Other: Muldrow, H. L.
    Contributor Type: Personal
    Contributor Info: Acting Secretary of the Interior; Certification of Correction

Publisher

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

Date

  • Creation: 1886-07-13
  • Acceptance Date: 1886-07-13
  • Submission Date: 1885-12-18

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: Patent for a new and improved planter. This design consists "[i]n a corn and cotton planter, a hinged hopper provided with a removable partition and an agitator connected at one end to a longitudinal brace on said hopper, in combination with a platform rabbeted, as shown, and formed with slots, disks working in the slots, one of which is provided with pins to operate the agitator and the other disk having pockets" (lines 4-12).
  • Physical Description: [3], 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 - Burnet County - Burnet

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: 345389
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth171298

Note

  • Display Note: "SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 345,389, dated July 13, 1886. Application filed December 18, 1885. Serial No. 186,023. (No model.)"
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