Fire Escape. Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title Fire Escape.

Creator

  • Inventor: Howard, William H.
    Creator Type: Personal
    Creator Info: Howard, W. H., of Houston, Texas.

Contributor

  • Witness: Brashear, Sam H.
    Contributor Type: Personal
  • Witness: Ruby, John H.
    Contributor Type: Personal
  • Printer: Norris Peters Co.
    Contributor Type: Organization

Publisher

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

Date

  • Creation: 1888-08-21
  • Acceptance Date: 1888-08-21
  • Submission Date: 1888-03-16

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: Patent for a new and improved fire-escape. This design "has relation to that class of fire-escapes consisting of a chute placed in an inclined position against a window . . . and it consists in the improved construction and combination of parts of such a chute fire-escape having transverse rollers in the bottom of the chute for reducing the friction between the bottom of the chute and the body sliding down the chute, and provided with means for regulating the revolutions of the anti-friction rollers" (lines 21-32).
  • Physical Description: [2], 1 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject

  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Inventions
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Science and Technology
  • Keyword: fire-escapes

Primary Source

  • Item is a Primary Source

Coverage

  • Place Name: United States - Texas - Harris County - Houston

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: 388279
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth171831

Note

  • Display Note: "SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 388,279, dated August 21, 1888. Application filed March 16, 1888. Serial No. 267,368 (No model.)"
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