Refrigerator. Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title Refrigerator.

Creator

  • Inventor: Denson, Joseph
    Creator Type: Personal
    Creator Info: Joseph Denson, of Stockdale, Texas, Assignor of one-half to Henry Smith, of Same Place.

Contributor

  • Witness: Smith, M. M.
    Contributor Type: Personal
  • Witness: Lorenz, W. H.
    Contributor Type: Personal
  • Witness: Ford, C. A.
    Contributor Type: Personal
    Contributor Info: Witness for Illustration.
  • Other: C. A. Snow & Co.
    Contributor Type: Organization
    Contributor Info: Attorneys.
  • Printer: National Lithographing Company
    Contributor Type: Organization
    Contributor Info: The National Lithographing Company, Washington, D. C.

Publisher

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

Date

  • Creation: 1894-04-17
  • Acceptance Date: 1894-04-17
  • Submission Date: 1893-11-29

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: Patent for an efficient refrigerator meant to preserve meat, dairy, and produce. The refrigerator uses evaporating water to cool the food, not ice. There are inner and outer layers, a large water pan with vertical drip openings, and inner screen walls.
  • Physical Description: [2],3# 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: Social Life and Customs - Food and Cooking
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Social Life and Customs - Furnishings - Kitchenware
  • Keyword: refrigerators
  • Keyword: evaporation
  • Keyword: water
  • Keyword: cools

Primary Source

  • Item is a Primary Source

Coverage

  • Place Name: United States - Texas - Wilson County - Stockdale

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: 518396
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth173710

Note

  • Display Note: Application filed November 29, 1893. Serial No. 492,348. (No model.)
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