Windmill. Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title Windmill.

Creator

  • Inventor: Hamm, Jordan
    Creator Type: Personal
    Creator Info: Hamm, J., of May, Texas.

Contributor

  • Witness: Maple, Thomas
    Contributor Type: Personal
    Contributor Info: Maple, Thos.
  • Witness: Allen, Charles H.
    Contributor Type: Personal
    Contributor Info: Allen, Chas. H.
  • Printer: Norris Peters Co.
    Contributor Type: Organization

Publisher

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

Date

  • Creation: 1888-07-24
  • Acceptance Date: 1888-07-24
  • Submission Date: 1887-11-01

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: Patent for a new and improved windmill. This design consists in "[t]he combination of the horizontal wind-wheel, the semi-cylindrical case partly inclosing the same and independently revoluble, the case having the notches in its upper side, the vane having the shaft or port whose lower end forms the upper pivot for the said case, and the lever having its inner end fast to the vane shaft or port, and adapted to engage the said notches, and thereby cause the case to expose any desired area of the wheel to the wind" (lines 89-99).
  • Physical Description: [2], : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject

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

Primary Source

  • Item is a Primary Source

Coverage

  • Place Name: United States - Texas - Brown County - May

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: 386466
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth171800

Note

  • Display Note: "SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 386,466, dated July 24, 1888. Application filed November 1, 1888. Serial No. 253,994 (No model.)"
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