Boring and Mortising Machine.
Date: July 11, 1848
Creator: Swingle, Alfred
Description: Patent for a machine to bore square holes in substitute for a chisel and reduce labor, including illustration. The inventor calls it a "Mortise and Tenon Machine."
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Trussed Axle for Wheeled Vehicles.
Date: October 12, 1897
Creator: Brown, John Stoddart
Description: Patent for improvements in trussed axle for wheeled vehicles: "The invention relates to that class or type of axles for wheeled vehicles wherein a metal truss rod or bar running longitudinally under the axle body has its end portions extended through the axle skeins and secured by screw nuts which abut the outer ends of the skeins." (lines 9-14).
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Book-Sewing Machine.
Date: July 16, 1867
Creator: Sims, Ferdinand
Description: Patent for improvements in book sewing machines, the descriptions are included by figures.
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The Galveston News (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 20, Ed. 1, Saturday, August 16, 1856
Date: August 16, 1856
Creator: unknown
Description: Tri-weekly newspaper from the Galveston, Texas area that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
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Galveston Weekly News. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 5, Ed. 1, Saturday, August 9, 1845
Date: August 9, 1845
Creator: unknown
Description: Weekly newspaper from the Galveston, Texas area that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
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Galveston Weekly News (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 39, Ed. 1, Saturday, November 15, 1845
Date: November 15, 1845
Creator: unknown
Description: Weekly newspaper from the Galveston, Texas area that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
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The Weekly News. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 2, Ed. 1, Saturday, February 24, 1844
Date: February 24, 1844
Creator: unknown
Description: Weekly newspaper from the Galveston, Texas area that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
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The Weekly News. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 13, Ed. 1, Saturday, May 11, 1844
Date: May 11, 1844
Creator: unknown
Description: Weekly newspaper from the Galveston, Texas area that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
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Strap and Buckle Shield.
Date: February 24, 1891
Creator: Nicholls, George H.
Description: Patent for an improvement in strap and buckle shields by having a flat elongated plate which has a longitudinally slot in the center. This shield can be movebly secured on to the strap to admit the tongue of a buckle thus the cross-bar of the buckle will rest upon the shield. By having this shield, the strap is protected from wear that would result from a direct contact with the buckle. Illustration is included.
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Improvement in Machines for Polishing Marble, &c.
Date: March 20, 1860
Creator: Emmett, William
Description: Patent for an improved machine that rubs and polishes marble using a sand and water box moving forward and backward to polish the stone without man power and tools, including illustration.
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