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[News Clip: Atomic Exhibit Held at Houston]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about an atomic energy exhibit at Rice Institute in Houston.
Date: March 11, 1953
Duration: 1 minute 24 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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Machine for Distributing Poison on Plants.

Description: Patent for a new and improved machine for distributing poison on plants. This design consists in "the combination, with a wheeled-frame, a counter-shaft thereon driven from the wheels, a poison-hopper, an air and discharge pipe communicating therewith, a fan giving air-blast through said pipe, and an agitator in the poison-hopper, of wheel and belt-gearing operating the fan and agitator from the counter-shaft on the frame" (lines 112-119).
Date: March 11, 1890
Creator: Brown, George R. & Brown, John W.
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Wire Fence.

Description: Patent for a new and improved wire fence. This design "relates to wire fencing; and it consists in the construction and combination of devices . . . whereby the wire cables can be conveniently and freely supported at suitable points by spirally-coiled suspension-loops attached to certain fence-posts, so that while securely braced to remain in position the wire cable will not be subjected to chafing or other injury" (lines 8-17).
Date: March 11, 1890
Creator: Moran, Horace S.
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Vehicle-Wheel.

Description: Patent for improving a tire by providing new form of tread-holding device and using a resilient metal band encircling the tire.
Date: March 11, 1919
Creator: Allan, William N.
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Marine Propeller

Description: Patent for a marine propeller which allows for "a reversal of the action of the wheel for propulsion in opposite directions or for turning the boat without changing the direction of rotation of the power-shaft."
Date: March 11, 1902
Creator: Cannon, Burrell
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Journal Box

Description: Patent for an improved journal box design intended to reduce the risk of oil leaking from a locomotive's axle.
Date: March 11, 1919
Creator: Davis, L. L.
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Submarine Channel Protection.

Description: Patent for new and improved submarine channel protection. This design "consist[s] of two walls approximately parallel with each other extending across the sand-bar, and a barrier consisting of inclined wings extending from the side walls to the center of the channel, and a filling in rear of the wings" (lines 46-51).
Date: March 11, 1890
Creator: Mauermann, Albert J.
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Nut and Washer for Vehicle Axles.

Description: Patent for a new and improved nut and washer combination. This design consists, "with a threaded end on an axle-spindle, which is longitudinally grooved on opposite sides of the thread, and a radially-flanged nut made to engage the threaded-end of the spindle, of a cap-ring having an annular recess formed on one side from its inner edge outwardly, said ring being secured upon the radial flange of the nut, and a cylindrical outer shell having an inwardly-extended flange on one end, and ears on t… more
Date: March 11, 1890
Creator: Sullivan, Jonathan L.
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Plow.

Description: Patent for improvements in the plow with a heated mold-board to prevent sticking, including illustrations.
Date: March 11, 1879
Creator: Tucker, Argyle W.
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Quilting Frame.

Description: Patent for a new and improved quilting frame. This design consists in "[t]he combination of the track-bar having the brackets on its ends, the continuous suspension-wire extending between the extremities of the said brackets and extending longitudinally in the rear of the track-bar, the movable block inserted between the rear portion of the suspension-wire and the rear side of the track-bar, the pulleys mounted on the suspension-wire, and the carrier-bar carrying the quilting-frame and connecte… more
Date: March 11, 1890
Creator: Raines, Burress Wesley
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Mattress-Making Machine

Description: Patent for a machine designed to improve the creation of mattresses, with the intent of making them of uniform length, width, depth, and amount of stuffing.
Date: March 11, 1901
Creator: White, Charles W.
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Attachment for Wheel-Plows.

Description: Patent for "invention has relation to improvements in attachments to sulky and other horse-plows" (para. 3). Combines a circle-plate, transverse clamp-ridge, clamps, a bearing plate, a king-bolt, a transverse sleeve, an axle, adjusting collars, and transporting-wheels on said axle.
Date: March 11, 1879
Creator: Cummins, John Randolph
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Attachment for Harrows

Description: Patent for attachment of harrows that facilitate the use of harrows in pilling cotton stalks. This device allows the harrows to be in continuous motion creating efficiency in cotton pilling.
Date: March 11, 1913
Creator: Taylor, David T. & Barker, Felix
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Cotton Conveying and Cleaning Apparatus.

Description: Patent for a new and improved conveyer and cleaner of cotton. This design consists, "with the cotton pneumatic tube and the fan for producing an air-current therein, of the branch-tubes connecting the segments of the tube first named, the cotton-arresting screens, the enlarged mouth upon the tube-segment opposite the fan, the rotating cylinder mounted between said branches, the wings thereon completely filling, with the cylinder, the upper portion of the mouth and sweeping over the faces of the… more
Date: March 11, 1890
Creator: Elam, William E.
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Mat

Description: Patent for a mat. Illustration included.
Date: March 11, 1905
Creator: Horsley, Robert L.
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Horseshoeing-Rasp

Description: Patent for improved horseshoeing rasp, both portable and mechanical, which removes extra hoof after shoe is applied to foot. Invention also provides smoother and trimmer hoof with shoe.
Date: March 11, 1902
Creator: Daggett, John P. & Hestand, Hardy
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[News Clip: Irradiation]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: March 11, 1992, 10:00 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 21 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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Hog-Trough

Description: Patent for a feeding trough for pig sties. Illustrations included.
Date: March 11, 1913
Creator: Wilkinson, Duke A. & Austin, Ben A.
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