Valve-Motion. Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title Valve-Motion.
  • Added Title Valve Motion.

Creator

  • Inventor: Shelb, Peter J.
    Creator Type: Personal
    Creator Info: Peter J. Shelb, of Fort Worth, Texas.

Contributor

  • Witness: Jackson, Andrew H.
    Contributor Type: Personal
  • Witness: Bowlin, Newton Rhea
    Contributor Type: Personal
  • Printer: Norris Peters Co.
    Contributor Type: Organization
  • Witness: Stewart, E. K.
    Contributor Type: Personal
    Contributor Info: Illustration witness
  • Witness: Doyle, C. E.
    Contributor Type: Personal
    Contributor Info: Illustration witness

Publisher

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

Date

  • Creation: 1895-01-01
  • Acceptance Date: 1895-01-01
  • Submission Date: 1894-03-09

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: Patent for "a variable cut-off valve-motion, and has for its object to provide simple and efficient and at the same time readily adjustable means for varying the points at which the ports communicating with the cylinder of a locomotive or other engine are opened and closed, in accordance with the load, the desired speed, &c." (Lines 8-15) Includes instructions and illustrations.
  • Physical Description: [2], 2 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject

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

Primary Source

  • Item is a Primary Source

Coverage

  • Place Name: United States - Texas - Tarrant County - Fort Worth

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: 531654
  • Government Documents No.: 02/503039
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth173900

Note

  • Display Note: Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 531,654, dated January 1, 1895. Application filed March 9, 1894. Serial No. 503,039. (No model.)
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