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Cotton-Pest-Poisoner

Description: Patent for an insect destroyer specifically designed for use in the treatment of cotton plants. The cotton-pest poisoner is in the form of a powder that can be scattered over the plants.
Date: September 28, 1920
Creator: Saladiner, Joseph M.
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Airship-Destroyer.

Description: Patent for a new airship-destroyer with the new ability to fire pellets and bombs in various directions and differing altitudes (lines 8-12), to ignite fuses to prime the device for firing at a predetermined altitude (lines 13-19), to incorporate a bomb to explode upon contact with the airship (lines 20-24), and to provide the projectile with a rocket to propel it to a greater altitude (lines 25-28).
Date: November 5, 1918
Creator: Saladiner, Joseph M.
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Magazine-Projectile

Description: Patent for a new type of projectile that includes an initial explosion followed by multiple other explosions from smaller bombs contained inside the larger projectile. The projectile is described as a "novel and improved instrument of destruction" (lines 10-11).
Date: November 5, 1918
Creator: Saladiner, Joseph M.
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Multiple Submarine Destroyer

Description: Patent for a munitions delivery system designed for anti-submarine warfare. Specifically, this devise is a multi-stage explosive that periodically (period of deployment determined by depth measurement) deploys first a primary detonating charge, followed up by the detonation of multiple, smaller charges scattered by the primary explosion, ensuring an area of effect should the primary canister miss it's intended target. The patent notes that should the canister actually make contact with an objec… more
Date: October 1, 1917
Creator: Saladiner, Joseph M.
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Railroad-Switch.

Description: Patent for improvements in railroad-switches, relating to a simple and more efficient means for throwing a switch of a railway truck, whereby a train of cars or a single car may be switched from the main track to another track or on a siding.
Date: December 30, 1919
Creator: Hester, James
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Railway Cattle-Guard

Description: Patent for a railway cattle guard whereby the weight of the animal causes a barrier to emerge, but the barrier will be removed automatically when the weight is removed.
Date: January 4, 1921
Creator: Fountain, Henry L.
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Portable Electric Saw.

Description: Patent for improvement of portable electric saws that can be used "as readily and accurately as a hand saw in performing many different grades of work much more rapidly and with less physical exertion" (lines 17-20), including illustrations.
Date: June 7, 1921
Creator: Lange, David C.
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Half-Car Unloader

Description: Patent for an improved and simplified mechanism of Half-Car Unloaders, which unloads earth materials such as coal and ore from a railroad car more easily and effectively by lifting up a train car, unloading its contents, and placing it back on the railroad track.
Date: February 9, 1915
Creator: Scardino, Mario P. & Scardino, Peter
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