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Fort Worth Sheet

Description: Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:125000
Date: 1918
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
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Location: 32.75 -97.25

Automatic Vaporizing-Plug

Description: Patent for "certain new and useful Improvements in Automatic Vaporizing-Plugs" (lines 5-6). "This invention... has for its principle object the production of a device which is adapted to be carried upon a manifold of an internal combustion engine... so that upon each stroke of the piston, or pistons, air will be drawn into the intake manifold where it will be mixed with gas passing therethrough, thus forming a charge which will have more power when exploded and which will prevent the formation … more
Date: July 2, 1918
Creator: Floyd, William B.
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Belt

Description: Patent for a belt. The belt is used for fan belts in motor vehicles and to also have a resilient engagement with wheels without wear on wheels and pulleys.
Date: March 26, 1918
Creator: Blanton, John R.
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Combined Mail-Box and Door-Bell

Description: Patent for a combined mailbox and doorbell. The invention automatically sounds a bell when mail is placed inside that can be set up directly on the house or at a distance. The invention also serves to protect the mail from rain and mail thieves.
Date: July 9, 1918
Creator: McDonald, James A.
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Candy-Wrapping Machine.

Description: Patent for a candy and small object wrapping machine that automatically cuts, feeds, and positions paper, making use of a folding arm. Intended to significantly decrease time taken to wrap small objects by hand.
Date: July 16, 1918
Creator: Greer, John H.
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Carbon-Brush Holder

Description: Patent for a carbon-brush holder that provides the user with novel means of holding a carbon brush. Through this device, users can more efficiently transmit an electric current from the brush to motors, dynamos, or commutators.
Date: May 28, 1918
Creator: Knight, James H.
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Collar.

Description: Patent for a collar that can be fastened without the need of a button. It is meant to be attached to any shirt and constructed so that it can stay without a button through a tab system.
Date: December 17, 1918
Creator: Narmore, Missouri A.
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Combine Dimmer and Adjuster for Headlights

Description: This patent is for the improvement of illumination and more particularly relates to a combined dimmer and adjuster for headlights. The primary aim is for the improvement of dimmers on the lamps of a motor vehicle so that the dimmers might be adjusted together with respect to the lamps so that various positions of vertical and horizontal adjustment are possible and if necessary, the removal of the cover of the lamps.
Date: April 9, 1918
Creator: Averitt, Robert W.
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Advertising Device

Description: Patent for an advertising device meant to sit on a desk as a ruler. This device is designed to make the images on its surface appear to be suspended in air when it is lifted. It can be manufactured cheaply and is intended to be distributed for free as both a ruler and advertisement.
Date: April 9, 1918
Creator: Glisson, Amos Adolphus
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Level-Indicator.

Description: Patent for a new and improved level indicator, intended for use with airplanes and other flying machines to indicate the angle of ascent or descent, as well as when the machine is on a level keel. The level indicator is designed to have a water-tight casing and weatherproof joints and has brackets to secure it to the airplane.
Date: November 5, 1918
Creator: Westbrook, Homer S.
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Well Drilling Machine.

Description: Patent for a driving mechanism to reduce the numbers of shafts and other parts needed for well drilling. The invention allows for one main driving shaft to be used as the primary source for well drilling.
Date: February 5, 1918
Creator: Herdman, Adam H.
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Tractor

Description: Patent for improvements to tractors which are designed with the driver's seat positioned on the trailing unit. The improvements allow for tools to be attached in such a way cultivating may be done near fences and other common obstructions.
Date: July 1, 1918
Creator: Chenoweth, William B.
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Splitting-Ax

Description: Patent for a splitting ax to be used for splitting wood, especially rails, constructed in a manner to prevent the ax wedge from sticking in the rail. The patent includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 16, 1918
Creator: Sandidge, Thomas R., Sr.
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