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Lubricating Device.

Description: Patent for a new and improved lubricating device. This design consists of "[t]he combination, with the cross-head of an engine or other reciprocating part of machinery, and the guides or ways on which it works, of a reservoir for the lubricant, a wheel for taking up and applying the same to the friction-surface with which the wheel works in contact, and a spring for supporting the wheel" (para. 10). This design prevents dust and other pollutants from entering the reservoir.
Date: January 22, 1878
Creator: Walton, Franklin B.
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Apparatus for Treating Timber, Railway Ties, &c.

Description: Patent for a new and improved apparatus for treating and preserving. This design "insure[s] the complete and perfect treatment or impregnation of timber of varying hardness and density, and to provide a portable organization of apparatus by which timber at various points or stations along the line of a railroad can be treated with great facility, efficiency, and economy" (lines 12-19).
Date: November 22, 1881
Creator: Kreuter, Hugh E.
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Burglar-Alarm.

Description: Patent for an "apparatus for protecting or guarding electric circuits; and it has for its object to protect or guard electric circuits, such as burglar-alarm circuits, from interference by unauthorized or mischievous agencies." (Lines 9-14) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: June 22, 1897
Creator: Sutton, Henry M. & Steele, Walter L.
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Apparatus for Burning Garbage, &c.

Description: Patent for an improved apparatus for burning refuse and consists of a roasting chamber, a garbage grate, grates that slope and carry the product away after combustion, flues that open above the grates, and the wall partly closes on one end to let the products away after combustion.
Date: August 22, 1893
Creator: Garretson, William H. & Tainter, Silas B.
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Anti Friction Journal.

Description: Patent for a new and improved anti-friction journal. This design "relates to anti-friction devices adapted especially for hoisting pulleys; and it has for its object to provide a device in which the shaft or axis of the main hoisting-pulley shall be supported or mounted upon the peripheries of wheels of a considerable diameter as compared with that of the hoisting-pulley, whereby the friction may be lessened to the greatest possible extent" (lines 24-32).
Date: July 22, 1884
Creator: Taylor, John C.
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Combined Cotton Seed and Corn Planter.

Description: Patent for a new and improved combined cotton seed and corn planter. This design is especially "for seeding cotton; but the machine is converted into a corn-planter by detaching the bottom of the hopper, removing the space-block, disconnecting the pitman, and then removing the slide, and substituting in lieu thereof a device composed of a bottom, having a seed-opening, and a bridge-form metallic striker, arranged across the same, and a dropper-slide, having dropper holes" (lines 95-2).
Date: March 22, 1881
Creator: Evans, William V. & Moore, Edgar
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Weight for Horses' Hoofs.

Description: Patent for improvement in weights for horses’ hoofs by providing “a toe-weight or side weight which will adjust itself to the inclination of the hoof to which it is applied, and further, to provide a weight that will be self-locking, be effectively held against rattling, and be readily attachable and detachable.” (Lines 9-14) Illustration is included.
Date: September 22, 1891
Creator: King, George R.
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Reflector Holder for Lamps.

Description: Patent for a new and improved reflector holder for lamps. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with a lamp and a lamp-collar, provided with a circumferential flange, of a reflector provided with a keeper, spring-clasp, springing around said collar under the flange at its lower end, and having its free ends bent angularly at their upper ends and secured in said keeper by their tension and slide" (lines 2-9).
Date: April 22, 1884
Creator: Williams, Daniel Ruggles
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Saw-Gin

Description: Patent for a saw-gin which when constructed can run all of its parts with a single belt, which reduces the need for space allowing for more gins to be used in the same amount of space.
Date: January 22, 1889
Creator: Munger, Robert S.
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Calendar.

Description: Patent for "a perpetual calendar embodying such a construction that the movement of a finger device will turn wheels, so as to successively display the names of the days of the week, the numbers of the days of the months, and the names of the months, the mechanism being such that the name of a month will be displayed until the numbers of all its days have been displayed, when the name of the succeeding month will be displayed, and so on." (Lines 13-22) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 22, 1896
Creator: Dickason, Frank B.
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Cabinet for Blanks.

Description: Patent for"cabinets, cases, or boxes designed for use in hotels, post-offices, and other places where stationery is required by guests or other portions of the public." (Lines 10-13) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: June 22, 1897
Creator: Kinsel, Abram Myers; Hunter, George Alexander & Nolley, Seth Ballard
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Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-6929

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, Grover Sellers, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Clarification of duties and responsibilities of certain officials in Dallas County when certain shortages appear in the accounts of the Tax Assessor-Collector.
Date: December 22, 1945
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
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Texas Attorney General Opinion: WW-1336

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: Liability of an undivided 1/3 interest in a tract of land owned by the Dallas County Hospital District for ad valorem taxes.
Date: May 22, 1962
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
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Apparatus for Cooking by Superheated Steam.

Description: Patent for improvements in apparatus for cooking by using superheated steam. “A boiler which is supported by a fire-box. An oven is mounted on the boiler and provide with a plurality of compartments and ventilators. A drip-pipe, and a pipe connected to the boiler and circulated through the fire-box and extended up to the oven, and provided with a plurality of valves for supplying the compartments of the oven with superheated steam.” (Page 2, line 25-34) Illustration is included.
Date: March 22, 1904
Creator: Harrington, David
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Hydrant.

Description: Patent for a fire hydrant, which can send a normal pressure flow of water into a hose before a fire engine is attached to allow water to be put on a fire faster. Once the fire engine is attached, the hydrant will switch to high pressure water flow.
Date: October 22, 1907
Creator: Midgett, Franklin G.
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