Patent for "a press by means of which the cotton can be backed and pressed into the bale in small quantities at a time, by alternating pressing a quantity, then lifting the follower, and inserting more, and pressing again, and so on until the bale is formed." (Lines 19-25) Includes instructions and illustrations.
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Titles
Main Title:
Improvement in Cotton-Presses.
Added Title:
Cotton-Press.
Description
Patent for "a press by means of which the cotton can be backed and pressed into the bale in small quantities at a time, by alternating pressing a quantity, then lifting the follower, and inserting more, and pressing again, and so on until the bale is formed." (Lines 19-25) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Physical Description
[1], 2 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Notes
Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 170,075, dated November 16, 1875; application filed April 19, 1875.
Frost, Willis Lee.Improvement in Cotton-Presses.,
patent,
November 16, 1875;
[Washington D.C.].
(https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth166499/:
accessed June 24, 2024),
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