Seed Planter. Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title Seed Planter.

Creator

  • Inventor: Flatau, Louis S.
    Creator Type: Personal
    Creator Info: Flatau, L.S., of Pittsburg, Texas.

Contributor

  • Witness: Kemon, Solon C.
    Contributor Type: Personal
  • Witness: Hart, Amos W.
    Contributor Type: Personal
  • Printer: Norris Peters Co.
    Contributor Type: Organization

Publisher

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

Date

  • Creation: 1886-11-16
  • Acceptance Date: 1886-11-16
  • Submission Date: 1886-09-06

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: Patent for a new and improved planter. This design "is an improvement in the class of walking planters. It is particularly adapted for sowing cotton-seed, but will also plant corn and distribute fertilizing material. The principle feature of the invention is the construction of the seed-discharging device arranged and rotating in the bottom of the seed-hopper. The construction of the latter and the frame of the machine likewise embody novel and important features" (lines 7-16).
  • 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
  • Keyword: seed-planters

Primary Source

  • Item is a Primary Source

Coverage

  • Place Name: United States - Texas - Camp County - Pittsburg

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: 352813
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth171394

Note

  • Display Note: "SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 352,813, dated November 16, 1886. Application filed September 6, 1886. Serial No. 212,848. (No model.)"
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