Gage. Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title Gage.

Creator

  • Inventor: Holmes, Elijah H.
    Creator Type: Personal
    Creator Info: Elijah H. Holmes, of Prarie View, Texas.

Contributor

  • Witness: Cole, James
    Contributor Type: Personal
    Contributor Info: Jas. Cole.
  • Witness: Tompkins, A. C.
    Contributor Type: Personal
  • Witness: Ourand, F. L.
    Contributor Type: Personal
    Contributor Info: Witness for Illustration.
  • Printer: Andrew B. Graham Co.
    Contributor Type: Organization
    Contributor Info: Andrew B. Graham, Photo-Litho., Washington, D. C.

Publisher

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

Date

  • Creation: 1895-11-12
  • Acceptance Date: 1895-11-12
  • Submission Date: 1895-08-01

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: Patent for a gage that has a beam with a saw kerf at one end, a clamp made up of a tube with parallel wings that are inserted into the kerf, a scribing point in the tube, "and means for clamping the separated ends of the beam tightly against the parallel wings of the clamp" (lines 57-59).
  • Physical Description: [2] p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject

  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Inventions
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Science and Technology - Tools
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Architecture - Construction
  • Keyword: gages
  • Keyword: rulers

Primary Source

  • Item is a Primary Source

Coverage

  • Place Name: United States - Texas - Waller County - Prairie View

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

  • Accession or Local Control No: 549513
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth174134

Note

  • Display Note: Application filed August 1, 1895. Serial No. 557,880. (No model.)
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