Patent Model - Improvement in Cotton Presses
Maker and role
Stillman Clemens, Patentee
Arthur Chetlain
Production date
Feb 27 1877
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Object detail
Media/Materials
Brass, steel
Measurements
10 1/4 x 9 1/2 x 10 1/2" (26 x 24.1 x 26.7cm)
Description
Arthur H. Chetlain is the administrator of Stillman A. Clemens (Clemens was deceased at the time of patenting). The object of Clemens's patent "is to provide a machine that will bale cotton by a continuous automatic action in direct connection with the process of ginning it." (Patent Number 187,814)
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Object number
2015.14.2335a,b
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