Improvement in Wagon-Brakes.

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Patent for "wagons which have brakes applied to them, so constructed that in descending a grade the brakes will be automatically applied, and, in moving on a level or ascending a hill, the brakes will be relieved from the wheels." (Lines 6-11) Includes instructions and illustrations.

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

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Hart, Alfred December 4, 1877.

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  • Hart, Alfred Alfred Hart, of San Marcos, Texas, Assignor to Himself and Horace C. Storey, of Same Place.

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  • Main Title: Improvement in Wagon-Brakes.
  • Added Title: Wagon-Brake.

Description

Patent for "wagons which have brakes applied to them, so constructed that in descending a grade the brakes will be automatically applied, and, in moving on a level or ascending a hill, the brakes will be relieved from the wheels." (Lines 6-11) Includes instructions and illustrations.

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

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Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 197,778, dated December 4, 1877; application filed August 3, 1877.

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  • December 4, 1877

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  • December 4, 1877

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  • August 3, 1877

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Hart, Alfred. Improvement in Wagon-Brakes., patent, December 4, 1877; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth166725/: accessed March 28, 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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