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Steam Engine, &c.

Description: Patent for a new and improved engine. This design "connect[s] the piston-rod of the steam-cylinder with the disk or crank that is attached to the fly-wheel shaft by means of a lever, or a disk acting as such, in a manner that enables the piston-rod to operate upon its connecting-bar in a longitudinal direction . . . thereby [avoiding] angular vibration of the connecting-rod and reduc[ing] friction of sliding surfaces" (lines 15-25).
Date: December 11, 1883
Creator: Barton, Alexander M. & Davis, Philip Z.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Burnet Co.

Description: Blue line print of survey map of Burnet County, Texas, showing rivers, creeks, original land grants or surveys, cities, towns, and railroads. Handwritten notes haven been on the published map in pencil to indicate the addition of Phantom Hill Road, traced from Burnet County photograph from 1854. Scale [ca. 1:193,939] (4000 varas to 11/16 of an inch).
Date: 1924
Creator: McDonald, H. F. & Giles, J. Bascom
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Stone Slab Near Water]

Description: Color slide of a stone slab on a grassy hill, a short distance away from a body of water. The slab is center right, and bears an inscription just below a high relief wreath enclosing a five-pointed star. The inscription reads: "Site of A settlement made in 1851 by 20 Mormon families under the leadership of Lyman Wight 1796-1858 * * Here they built homes, lumber mills, and shops for the manufacture of furniture * Abandoned in 1853" A smaller line of text below reads: "Erected by the State of … more
Date: 1936/..
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Burnet County Historical Commission

[Bell, Plaque, and Flower Vases on Stone Construction]

Description: Slide of a medium-sized plaque placed within a type of stone altar. Mounted on top is a black bell with a supporting structure holding it upright. Two pots flank either side, both of which have a register of decorative schema running along their width. "Elephant ear" plants have been placed inside them. The actual plaque has an inscription of text in golden relief. It reads: "This property has been placed on the National Register of Historical Places by the United States Department of the I… more
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Burnet County Historical Commission

[Mount Horeb Lodge]

Description: Slide of a long, presumably two-story, structure known as Mount Horeb Lodge. An inclined, metal roofing sits atop the blue-tinted stone structure with multiple, sequential double-hung windows. On the far right, a garage-type entry can be seen, fully opened. A narrow, dirt path leads up to a door on the far left of the structure. The State Historical Survey Committee has placed its name on the signpost in the foreground, inscribed in small print around the circle surrounding an image of the stat… more
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Burnet County Historical Commission

[Black's Fort Stone Slab in Grassy Field]

Description: Slide of a pointed stone slab placed in the middle of an unkempt field of grass, amidst red and yellow flowers. An aged wooden fence can be seen in the back, creating a boundary between the stone and a larger field in the background. The slab bears an inscription just beneath a small relief of a five-pointed slab within a wreath. It reads: "Black's Fort - Built as a defense against the Indians in 1855 by William Black - 1815 - - 1907 - on land owned by him. In the stockade, constructed of c… more
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Burnet County Historical Commission

Feed-Screw for Rock-Drills.

Description: Patent for "drills for the cutting or drilling of stone, and has for its primary object the taking up of wear in the worm-screws upon which such drills are usually mounted." (Lines 10-14) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 3, 1896
Creator: Keyser, William Almond
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Ruins of Ft. Croghan

Description: Photograph of a man standing in the ruins of Fort Croghan in Burnet County. The ruins consist of a very low stone wall and other stones strewn about a field.
Date: [1920..1929]
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Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[News Script: Frogmen]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Camp Longhorn near Burnet, Texas, that focuses on swimming.
Date: July 28, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Script
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Trading Card: Devil's Waterhole]

Description: Trading card issued as part of the Geocache Challenge program for Inks Lake State Park, depicting a branch or a lake, surrounded by steep rocks on either side. A single person in a kayak is on the water and another group of people is climbing on the rocks in the background. The back of the card contains information about the area.
Date: 2011
Creator: Texas. Parks and Wildlife Department.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Wire Stretcher.

Description: Patent for a new and improved wire stretcher. This design consists in "[t]he combination . . . of the side bars having a toothed wheel journaled between them and provided with a crank, a set of cross bars or bolts connecting the two side bars, a pawl hung upon one of the cross-bars and having its toothed end arranged to abut against the teeth of the wheel, and a chain passing over the toothed wheel and underneath the pawl" (lines 67-76).
Date: May 21, 1889
Creator: Stiles, Frederick
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Nut Lock

Description: Patent for a nut lock. Illustration included.
Date: August 22, 1905
Creator: Marx, Ernest Max & Moses, Ealy J.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Milk Cooler.

Description: Patent for a new and improved cooler. This design "consist[s] of the main vessel adapted to contain the substance to be cooled, having its upper end open and the walls of said open end drawn or inclined inward, as described, the water vessel supported on said main vessel, with a space between its bottom and the top of the main vessel, and made larger at its bottom than the upper open end of the main vessel, and the enveloping-sheet arranged to be wet by the contents of the water-vessel and exte… more
Date: June 10, 1890
Creator: Stiles, Frederick
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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