Staff View
Description, to make James Ten Eyck's patent reaping, cutting and gathering machine, is as follows

Descriptive

PhysicalDescription
Extent (unit = page(s))
1
Form (authority = marcform)
InternetMediaType
application/pdf
TypeOfResource
Text
TitleInfo
Title
Description, to make James Ten Eyck's patent reaping, cutting and gathering machine, is as follows
Genre (authority = AAT)
broadsides
Subject
Name (authority = RULIB)
NamePart (type = personal)
Ten Eyck, James
Abstract (type = abstract)
Born May 2, 1773 in North Branch, New Jersey, James Ten Eyck passed his days as a farmer in Somerset County. As a farmer, Ten Eyck understood the importance of farm machinery, which led Ten Eyck to innovate a farm reaping, cutting and gathering machine for patent and sale in 1825. According to Virginia S. Burnett, who wrote up a review of Ten Eyck’s reaper for the Journal of Rutgers University Library, “Ten Eyck’s reaper had a horizontal cylinder, with spiral knives cutting against straight edges. It was calculated to work by manual labor, or with a horse. Among the advantages of his machine Ten Eyck mentioned the facts that ‘one hand and a horse will cut and secure as much as three cradlers and three binders, in one day; the grain and seed thus gathered is easier and sooner thrashed; one man can do the work of six men in the thrashing; leaving the straw in the field, saves all the drawing of the manure; the bringing it to the barn, & the stowing of it away, may be done with the one sixth less labour than the usual way.’” (1945, JRUL 8(2): 72) In 1848, when Cyrus McCormick applied to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office for an extension of his 1834 patent, it was refused on the basis that it was not new. In his letter to Philip Pusey, Esq., M.P.,C.H. McCormick admits that the Reel “had been used before,” – Both the specifications and drawings in the Patent Office, conclusively establish the fact that James Ten Eyck patented the reel or “revolving rack,” or “revolving frame” in 1825. However, Ten Eyck's reaping machine was not successful and its production soon failed. McCormick's reel proved more successful.
Extension
DescriptiveEvent
Type
Version creation
Label
Digital facsimile from analog resource
Place
New Brunswick, NJ
Detail
The original resource from which this digital facsimile is created is available in the Rutgers University Libraries Special Collections and University Archives in the Alexander Library.
AssociatedEntity
Role
Collector
Name
Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries
Reference
http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/scua
Location
PhysicalLocation (authority = marcorg); (type = text)
Rutgers University. Libraries. Special Collections and University Archives.
Language
LanguageTerm (authority = ISO 639-3:2007)
English
RelatedItem (type = host)
TitleInfo
Title
Rutgers University Libraries Special Collections General Resources
Identifier (type = local)
rucore00000002112
Location
PhysicalLocation (authority = local); (displayLabel = Rutgers University. Libraries. Special Collections)
Identifier (type = doi)
doi:10.7282/T3JS9NP7
OriginInfo
DateOther (encoding = w3cdtf); (type = date captured)
2014-06-27
Back to the top

Rights

Copyright
Status
Copyright protected
Availability
Status
Open
RightsHolder (type = corporate)
Name
Rutgers University. Libraries. Special Collections and University Archives.
Role
Copyright holder
Telephone
848-932-7006
Address
169 College Avenue New Brunswick, NJ 08901
ContactInformationDate
2014-06-25
RightsDeclaration (AUTHORITY = RU_Archives); (ID = RU_Archives_v1)
Rutgers University owns the copyright in this work. You may make use of this resource, with proper attribution, for educational and other non-commercial uses only. Contact the Special Collections and University Archives of the Rutgers University Libraries to obtain permission for reproduction, publication, and commercial use.
Back to the top

Source

SourceTechnical
SourceType
Text or graphic (paper)
Extent (Unit = page(s))
1
Back to the top

Technical

RULTechMD (ID = TECHNICAL1)
ContentModel
Document
Back to the top
Version 8.5.5
Rutgers University Libraries - Copyright ©2024