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Automatic Electric Alarm.

Description: Patent for an automatic electric alarm meant to be hooked up to an automatic dry-pipe sprinkler system, and protects against fire. The alarm goes off when the air in the sprinkler pipes falls below a predetermined level. This invention also signals an alert when there is a leak in the pipes, and is an improvement on the circuit-wires for similar alarms.
Date: January 7, 1896
Creator: Williams, George Bayley
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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[Texarkana, Texas: Scott Joplin and "Ace of Clubs" House on the State Line]

Description: This film is unedited television footage regarding events and sites in Texarkana, Texas. The video begins on the Texas-Arkansas state line, with the city’s two mayors. Mayor James Bramlett of Texarkana, Texas and Mayor Danny Gray of Texarkana, Arkansas are there to take part in an interview led by the camera crew. The interview footage is followed by shots of prominent sites along the state line: the United States Post Office and Courthouse building which straddles the state line and houses the… more
Date: unknown
Duration: 51 minutes 02 seconds
Partner: UNT Media Library

Lumber-Stacker.

Description: Patent for a certain new and useful improvement in lumber stackers, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: May 23, 1899
Creator: Coleman, Thomas A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Pump System.

Description: Patent for a pump system with an improved air compressor for use in cars that produces a very quiet engine.
Date: July 25, 1911
Creator: Read, William K.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Saw-Filing Machine.

Description: Patent for a saw filing machine that keeps the teeth of saws properly aligned, while they are being sharpened.
Date: February 27, 1912
Creator: Haltom, Samuel
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[T&P Train #709]

Description: Photograph of T&P train #709 in New Boston, Texas next to a water tower. There is a man standing on top of the train. Written underneath the image are "New Boston, Texas May 9th 1948" and "William L. Colburn."
Date: May 9, 1948
Creator: Colburn, William L.
Partner: The Grace Museum
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