Tool for Sinking Wells. Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title Tool for Sinking Wells.

Creator

  • Inventor: Stephenson, James D.
    Creator Type: Personal
    Creator Info: James D. Stephenson, of Boerne, Texas.

Contributor

  • Witness: Miller, N. R.
    Contributor Type: Personal
  • Witness: Oliphant, Patrick
    Contributor Type: Personal
    Contributor Info: Pat. Oliphant
  • 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: 1891-06-16
  • Acceptance Date: 1891-06-16

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: Patent for improvements in tools for sinking artesian wells, that the tool “will perform its duty under all circumstance and excavate as well in hard materials as in soft earth, as quicksand and cavey formations, and will not have its functions interfered with when an insufficient flow of water is encountered.” (Lines 17-22) Illustration is included.
  • 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: chisels
  • Keyword: detachable diaphragms

Primary Source

  • Item is a Primary Source

Coverage

  • Place Name: United States - Texas - Kendall County - Boerne

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: 454082
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth172716

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