Fire-Spreading Device Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title Fire-Spreading Device
  • Alternate Title Fire Spreading Device

Creator

  • Inventor: Ford, Frederick William
    Creator Type: Personal
    Creator Info: Frederick William Ford, of Orange, Texas. Frederick W. Ford.

Publisher

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

Date

  • Creation: 1919-02-18
  • Acceptance Date: 1919-02-18
  • Submission Date: 1918-07-17

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: Patent for a portable weapon to spread fire quickly from object to object or building to building in enemy country.
  • Physical Description: 2 sheets, 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: Military and War - Weapons
  • Keyword: ammunition
  • Keyword: war
  • Keyword: explosions
  • Keyword: explosive devices
  • Keyword: projectiles
  • Keyword: missiles

Primary Source

  • Item is a Primary Source

Coverage

  • Place Name: United States - Texas - Orange County - Orange

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: 1294645
  • Government Documents No.: 02/245345
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth1259165
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