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Earth Auger.

Description: Patent for a new and improved auger. This design "relates to a new and improved earth-auger made funnel shaped, with side cutting-edges, and adapted to be inverted for emptying the auger; and the invention consists of the construction and arrangement of parts" (lines 7-12).
Date: May 26, 1885
Creator: Porter, Thomas A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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[News Clip: Earth Summit]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: May 31, 1992, 10:00 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 50 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

A new Projection of the Western Hemisphere of the Earth on a Plane

Description: This map shows the western hemisphere on a projection. The entire map is round with the upper and lower halves formed by inter-connected partial circles. North and Central America (and the northern part of South America) are shown in the top half, and South America is shown in the bottom half. Island chains are shown in left and right wedges. The portion on the left is labeled "Bahama or Lucayos Islands" and the one on the right is labeled "Antilles Leeward or Caribbee I.
Date: May 1, 1776
Creator: Hardy, J. & Bowen, Thomas, d. 1790
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Drill.

Description: Patent for modified drill bit to improve "boring through rocks or other hard substances." (lines 10-11) including illustrations.
Date: May 8, 1917
Creator: Hensley, Sewell S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Pipe-Puller.

Description: Patent for a device that is specially designed for pulling or lifting a drill stem that is "stuck" in a bore well.
Date: May 18, 1920
Creator: Simmons, John T.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Well-Drilling Apparatus.

Description: Patent for an improved, simple, and efficient well sinking or drilling mechanism, especially meant for bit-securing devices, and the drill bits can be easily removed without removing the well tubing from the hole. The inventor uses "a stem or core carrying the drill bit and adapted to fit snugly in the bore of the tubing, together with a simple combination of devices whereby such stem or core can be locked against longitudinal and rotary movement by the manipulation of an operating rod which ex… more
Date: May 8, 1894
Creator: Horton, Stephen A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Plows.

Description: Patent for an improved plow to turn and reverse the mold-board by using a single bolt to secure the reversible mold-board onto the stock of a plow.
Date: May 15, 1860
Creator: Pitts, William C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[Facts Forum slide]

Description: Photograph of a slide that reads "Facts Forum" including an illustration of the planet Earth. The slide is taped against a wall.
Date: May 4, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Slide for Facts Forum]

Description: Photograph of a slide that reads "Facts Forum" including an illustration of the planet Earth. The slide is taped to a wall next to an outlet. A door is visible to the left of the image.
Date: May 4, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Fort Worth Co-op]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: May 9, 1978, 6:00 p.m.
Duration: 2 minutes 29 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Underground (Homes)]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: May 16, 1978, 6:00 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 50 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Kids plastic VO SOT]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story. This story aired at 10 P.M.
Date: May 22, 1990
Duration: 1 minute 02 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Repellent Recall]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: May 10, 1990, 6:00 p.m.
Duration: 2 minutes 13 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Recycling]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: May 7, 1990, 6:00 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 48 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Cooper return]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the return of Gordon Cooper, after making twenty-two orbits around the earth in space.
Date: May 23, 1963
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Rolling Fender

Description: Patent for improvements in rolling fenders. The invention can be attached to an earth working device, such as a cultivator, to prevent clods of dirt being thrown and crushing small plants. Multiple discs will crush the clods and prevent the dirt from sticking to the rolling fender.
Date: May 3, 1921
Creator: Wright, Joseph Hansel
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[Sunday Break Music Festival in 1976]

Description: Photograph of a large crowd of people at the Sunday Break music festival with a stage visible in the backgroud. Performing acts included America, Peter Frampton, Santana, and Gary Wright. 56,000 people were in attendance with a gross income of $532,000 against expenses of $425,000. Medical assistance was provided by YWCA's Middle Earth Program with over 100 volunteers. DPS agents and uniformed city police were not invited in the gates.
Date: May 2, 1976
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Measure for Oil-Wells.

Description: Patent for a device measuring the depth of oil and other wells by computing the distance preferably by the sand line or other line as it is let down from the earth's surface to the bottom of the well.
Date: May 21, 1918
Creator: Richardson, Robert B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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