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Improvement in Buckles.

Description: Patent for "an improved method of manufacturing a buckle to secure the different part of harness, saddle, or bridle trimmings, by means of mechanical connections that will obviate the use or necessity or stitches or sewing of any kind, and yet retain the adjacent parts firmly and with a secure engagement." (Lines 18-25) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: November 21, 1876
Creator: Bond, Virgil A.
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Axle Box for Locomotives.

Description: Patent for a new and improved axle-box for locomotives. This design "has relation to self-adjusting wedges for axle or driving boxes for locomotives, and has for its objects to produce a wedge that is controlled by a spring, which can be readily and easily adjusted for removing the pounding and lost motion between the axle-box and pedestal" (lines 11-17).
Date: May 21, 1889
Creator: Carlson, Frank August
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Window Screen Holder.

Description: Patent for a new and improved window-screen holder. This design "consists in the combination, with a window-frame and a window-screen held in the same, of wires secured on the casing of the frame and having bends near their upper ends, and of hook-eyes held on the sides of the screen-frame and surrounding the wires. The invention also consists in a plate pivoted to the under side of the bottom rail of the screen-frame for covering a recess formed in the under edge and inner side of the said rai… more
Date: April 21, 1885
Creator: Barlow, Henry C.
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Reflector for Lamps.

Description: Patent for a new and improved reflector for oil lamps. This design consists in "a collar provided with a bead and having two holes through said bead, a looped wire the looped portion of which is curved and the ends of which are also curved and passed through the holes in said collar and rigidly secured within said bead, and a shell the upper end of which is provided with a hole and the lower with a bail for securing the same upon the curved portion of said loop" (lines 58-66).
Date: June 21, 1887
Creator: Williams, Robert E.
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Account Book

Description: Patent for an account book that is to be used "to receive in condensed form the dates and other particulars when sums are due to and from a person or firm are payable" (p. 2).
Date: May 21, 1889
Creator: Goldberg, Samuel W. & Tillmann, Emanuel M.
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Cotton-Gin Brush.

Description: Patent for a gin brush that operates at high speeds with a large diameter. "Centrifugal force exerts a great strain tending to dismember it, and further, if it be not at all times accurately balanced there is a tendency to spring the shaft and cause rattling in the bearings which results in rapid wear and failure to work well" (lines 13-19).
Date: March 21, 1893
Creator: Elam, William E. & Thomas, Robert S.
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Texas Attorney General Opinion: WW-1150

Description: Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Will Wilson, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether the Commissioners Court of Dallas County has the authority to acquire a lien on real estate owned by persons whom the Dallas County Department of Public Welfare has determined to be paupers under the standards approved by the Commissioners Cou… more
Date: September 21, 1961
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
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Attachment for Coffee or Tea Pots.

Description: Patent for "attachment for coffee or tea pots or other receptacles" (lines 5-7) designed to materially improve the construction of the pot or urn, whereby the same will be simple and effective and the process of treating the coffee or tea by the action of the boiling water or steam materially enhanced.
Date: May 21, 1901
Creator: Darden, George Albion
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Baling-Press.

Description: Patent for improvements in baling-presses are to reduce the labor of smoothing even the bales and to make the operation safe by carefully arranging different parts of the machines. Illustration is included.
Date: March 21, 1905
Creator: Stopple, John J.
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Planting Mechanism.

Description: Patent for a hopper that attaches to a planter that allows different types and sizes of seed to be dropped from it. Especially targeted toward corn and cotton seed.
Date: May 21, 1907
Creator: Hodge, Neely B.
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Music-Indicator.

Description: Patent for a music indicator, which shows sheet music notations and the name of the note and major and minor chords on a device, which is placed over the keyboard of a piano to show where the different notes are for use in teaching music.
Date: January 21, 1908
Creator: Thrash, William E.
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Sanding Machine

Description: Patent for a sanding machine. This invention is designed to apply sand to freshly painted surfaces. The sanding machine consists of a sandbox that communicates with a spraying nozzle. Illustration included.
Date: April 21, 1908
Creator: Mullikin, Ellie Hugh
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