Corn and Cotton Planter.

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Patent for a new and improved planter. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the main frame . . . provided with the hopper, covers, and transporting-wheel, of the vibrating-lever pivoted at its lower end to the side of the frame, and pivoted at its middle to the lateral arm, secured to the feed-slide and operated by means of the pitman, which is connected at its lower end to the crank-axle, the upper end thereof being pivoted to the upper end of the lever" (lines 17-26).

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[2], 1 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

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Williams, George W. & Hook, Joseph September 8, 1885.

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Patent for a new and improved planter. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the main frame . . . provided with the hopper, covers, and transporting-wheel, of the vibrating-lever pivoted at its lower end to the side of the frame, and pivoted at its middle to the lateral arm, secured to the feed-slide and operated by means of the pitman, which is connected at its lower end to the crank-axle, the upper end thereof being pivoted to the upper end of the lever" (lines 17-26).

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[2], 1 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

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"SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 325,716, dated September 8, 1885. Application filed December 16, 1884. (No model.)"

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  • Improvement in Seed-Planters, patent no. 179723
  • Improvement in Corn-Planter, patent no. 102004

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Williams, George W. & Hook, Joseph. Corn and Cotton Planter., patent, September 8, 1885; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth171079/: accessed June 10, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.

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