Patent Model - Improvement in Passenger-Registers
Maker and role
Patrick McCourt (b.1848, d.1916), Patentee
Production date
Oct 06 1874
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Object detail
Media/Materials
Sheet iron, steel, brass, wood, paint
Measurements
13 1/4 x 12 x 9 1/2" (33.7 x 30.5 x 24.1cm)
Description
McCourt's invention "consists in combining with a turn-stile or gate placed on the platform of cars, if applied to cars, the mechanism... which will register the number or persons passing into or out of the cars." (Patent Number 155,659)
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Object number
2015.14.1827a,b
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