Patent for "machines which are designed for distributing poison-dust over the leaves of plants for the destruction of insects, especially the worms which prey on the cotton-plant." (Lines 11-15) Includes instructions and illustrations.
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Titles
Main Title:
Improvement in Insect-Destroyers.
Added Title:
Insect-Destroyers.
Description
Patent for "machines which are designed for distributing poison-dust over the leaves of plants for the destruction of insects, especially the worms which prey on the cotton-plant." (Lines 11-15) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Physical Description
[1], 1 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Notes
Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 158,263, dated December 29, 1874; application filed June 20, 1874.
Eldridge, Frank A.Improvement in Insect-Destroyers.,
patent,
December 29, 1874;
[Washington D.C.].
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