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Growing up in Texas

Description: Memoir written by Annie Margaret Rankin Warner and Virginia "Jenny" Louise Rankin Marshall of stories on growing up in West Texas from 1866-1995.
Date: 2016
Creator: Rankin Warner, Annie Margaret & Marshall, Virginia R.
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Bed Rail Fastener

Description: Patent for a bed rail fastener. "The purpose of this invention is to provide novel features of construction for a bed rail fastener, which afford a very secure connection of the ends of the side rails of a metal bedstead with the head and foot posts of the bed." (lines 9-14). Illustration included.
Date: May 11, 1909
Creator: Berry, Thomas O.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Double-Acting Pump

Description: Patent for a pump that obtains a supply of fluid from both strokes of the piston and delivers the fluid through a continuous stream. Illustrations included.
Date: August 30, 1910
Creator: Arnold, Henry Brown
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Cattle-Guard

Description: Patent for a cattle-guard "for preventing cattle from straying from a wagon-road into the inclosures along railroad-tracks." (line 11-13)
Date: May 26, 1903
Creator: Welsh, George G.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Water-Filter.

Description: Patent for a new and useful water filter, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: February 27, 1900
Creator: Nicky, Oscar E.
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Tool

Description: Patent for a tool designed to remove rust and dirt from a coupling member and prepare it for a new gasket.
Date: October 24, 1905
Creator: Eddins, Andrew J. & Agnell, Peter W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Vehicle Wheel

Description: Patent for the improvement of the vehicle wheel utilizing coiled springs to in such a way that it reduces shock and force. The goal is to eliminate the need for pneumatic tires. Detailed description and illustrations included.
Date: March 14, 1911
Creator: Wright, James G. & Wylie, Alfred R.
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Vehicle-Wheel.

Description: Patent for Vehicle Wheel. "Our invention relates to new and useful improvements in vehicle wheels. Its object is to provide a vehicle wheel, specially adapted for use upon automobiles, equipped with a substitute for the pneumatic tire, of cheaper and more lasting construction than such a tire" (lines 9-15).
Date: March 4, 1910
Creator: Wylie, Alfred R. & Wright, James G.
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Lock.

Description: Patent for a permutation lock with illustrations. The combination on the lock can be changed an infinite number of times by the user.
Date: October 7, 1902
Creator: Nickey, Oscar E.
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Vehicle Wheel.

Description: Patent for a vehicle wheel equipped with a substitute for the pneumatic tire. This wheel will have an inner and outer hub, spaced from each other and adapted to undergo relative motion, coiled springs being mounted radially upon the outer hub which serve to communicate rotation from one hub to the other.
Date: May 14, 1912
Creator: Wylie, Alfred R.
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Vehicle-Wheel.

Description: Patent for a vehicle wheel (specifically for automobiles) that has high resiliency because of conical interacting pressure surfaces using springs mounted in the hub of the wheel rim.
Date: October 10, 1911
Creator: Wylie, Alfred R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Harvester

Description: Patent for a harvester for corn and other, similar crops with a cutting mechanism that may be raised or lowered based on the height of the stalks. Illustrations included.
Date: February 9, 1909
Creator: Parton, Andrew Jackson
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Earth Auger

Description: Patent for an earth auger. This invention is designed to remove loose soil and preventing the chocking of the auger. Illustration included.
Date: February 12, 1907
Creator: McWhorter, Thomas M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Largest wind turbines in America, in Big Spring

Description: Photograph of the largest wind turbines in America, according to a Big Spring promotional blurb In 1998, TU Electric and York Research began phase 1 of the Big Spring Wind Power Project. These wind turbines are 371 foot tall. This photo taken from the edge of the Edwards Plateau.
Date: August 6, 2005
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
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