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Title

  • Main Title Plotter.

Creator

  • Inventor: Smith, Valentine Hartgroves
    Creator Type: Personal
    Creator Info: Valentine Hartgroves Smith, of Sherly, Texas.

Contributor

  • Witness: Melsen, J. M.
    Contributor Type: Personal
  • Witness: Crabtree, E. R.
    Contributor Type: Personal
  • Printer: Norris Peters Co.
    Contributor Type: Organization
    Contributor Info: The Norris Peters Co., Photo-Lithographer, Washington, D. C.

Publisher

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

Date

  • Creation: 1891-03-24
  • Acceptance Date: 1891-03-24

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: Patent for an improvement in "surveying-instruments, and has for its object to produce a simple device whereby certain information can be obtained without the necessity of auxiliary calculations,” (lines 12-15) includes illustration.
  • Physical Description: [1], 2 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject

  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Inventions
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Science and Technology
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Science and Technology - Tools
  • Keyword: protractors
  • Keyword: geometrical instruments

Primary Source

  • Item is a Primary Source

Coverage

  • Place Name: United States - Texas - Hopkins County - Shirley

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: 448685
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth172643

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