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Cameron County

Description: Blue line print of survey map of Cameron County, Texas, showing rivers, creeks, original land grants or surveys, cities, towns, and railroads. Scale [ca. 1:200,000] (8000 varas to the inch).
Date: 1913
Creator: McDonald, H. F.
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Hand-Transplanter

Description: Patent for a "manually operated device, adapted for the manipulation of small plants, during the transplanting of the same, and the thinning out of closely growing plants" (lines 9-13). Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: November 7, 1911
Creator: Thompson, James W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Irrigation Device.

Description: Patent for a new and improved irrigation device consisting of a swivel joint that can be quickly moved to start or stop the flow of water. The device is designed to be water tight and easily manipulated.
Date: October 8, 1918
Creator: Howard, Charles Samuel
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Water-Elevator.

Description: Patent for a water elevator that is composed of a band with buckets attached that goes around the structure in a circle delivering water.
Date: September 5, 1911
Creator: Thompson, James W. & Hathaway, James F.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Hair-Pin.

Description: Patent for a hairpin which consists of multiple parts made to grip the hair while secured in place with illustrations included.
Date: July 22, 1913
Creator: Jacobsen, Herbert
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Geometrical Instrument

Description: Patent for a geometrical instrument. This instrument is used to create a straight edge with pivoted blades, like a protractor, to be used for laying protracted angles, etc.
Date: March 26, 1918
Creator: Anderson, Andrew E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Self-Filling Tire

Description: Patent for a product that automatically inflates automobile tires with the motion and weight of the moving vehicle, with the help of a piston that is not driven by springs.
Date: April 20, 1915
Creator: Fernandez, Jose
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Handle-Securing Device.

Description: Patent for a new and improved mechanism for simply and easily "securing handles on hoes, mattocks, picks, and other implements of the kind in which the handle has an enlarged end where it passes through and sets in the eye of the tool" (lines 10-14), including illustrations.
Date: August 29, 1916
Creator: Harvey, Harry W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Cameron County.

Description: Map shows land patents, block and tract numbers, landowners, towns, and railroads; portions of adjacent counties where property boundaries extend beyond county limits. Scale not given.
Date: 1913
Creator: [Texas]. General Land Office.
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Knife-Sharpener.

Description: Patent for improvements in knife-sharpeners that can be clamped onto a table or similar object, including an illustration. The device has also been "adapted for use in connection with a pair of bits or cutters having convex cutting edges disposed in confronting relation, the bits or cutters being capable of adjustment to present new portions of the respective cutting edges for effective work as the occasion requires" (lines 17-23).
Date: February 5, 1918
Creator: Kirlin, Wiliam B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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