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Car Coupling

Description: Patent for a new coupling mechanism that will automatically couple railway cars together without human assistance.
Date: July 19, 1892
Creator: Faubion, John Sr.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[Berry Creek Bridge on U.S. Highway 81]

Description: Photograph of Federal Aid Project 260 (2) Job 16 on U.S. Highway 81 also known as Highway 2 (old designation). Construction stage shows forms after placing concrete pier number 2, Berry Creek bridge.
Date: July 18, 1939
Creator: Texas. Department of Transportation.
Partner: Texas Department of Transportation

Barrel Truck.

Description: Patent for a new and improved barrel cart. This design "is to provide an improved barrel rack or truck which can be conveniently and easily loaded and transported from place to place; to provide means for assisting in loading the barrel or receptacle on the truck and for retaining the same on the truck against danger of accidental displacement while the truck and its contents are being moved or transported, and to provide an improved truck which shall be very simple, strong, and durable in cons… more
Date: July 13, 1886
Creator: Williams, William Preston
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Insect Exterminator

Description: Patent for an insect exterminator to deal with cotton weevils. Illustration included.
Date: July 5, 1904
Creator: Hanus, Joseph & Tucker, William Andrewton
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Ventilating and Adjustable Rain Proof.

Description: Patent for a new and improved rain-proof cap for chimneys. This design "is to provide a . . . rain-proof or chimney tube for receiving that part of a stove-pipe that projects above the roof, which rain-proof is so constructed that pipes can be held in the same at different inclinations. The invention consists in a rain-proof formed of a conical tube held on the roof, in the upper end of which conical tube the upper end of the stove-pipe is held. A hood is held on the upper end of the stove-pipe… more
Date: July 22, 1884
Creator: Atkin, Samuel T.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Cotton Picker

Description: Patent for a cotton picker. This invention relates to pneumatic cotton-pickers using a suction box for detaching bolls of cotton from pods. Illustration included.
Date: July 25, 1905
Creator: Hyde, Thomas B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Baling-Press.

Description: Patent for a new and useful baling press, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 4, 1899
Creator: Harrington, Charles
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Texas Attorney General Opinion: WW-482

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 Article 7880-74a or Articles 3937 and 3939 controls the amount of compensation the Williamson County Tax Assessor-Collector is to receive for assessing and collecting taxes for Brushy Creek Water Control and Improvement District Number 1 of Wi… more
Date: July 28, 1958
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Apparatus for Burning Lime.

Description: Patent for improvements in apparatus for burning lime. To provide reliable and efficient means to extract all the heat units from fuel to be used by providing an increase draft and long blaze.
Date: July 18, 1916
Creator: Walsh, Patrick A. & Walsh, Edward J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Gate.

Description: Patent for a new design for a gate that "will prevent the post to which it is hung from being drawn out of line by its weight" (lines 12-14) and will stay open unaided and "automatically lock itself when closed" (line 18) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 1, 1890
Creator: Snow, Abner
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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