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Territorial Development of the United States

Description: This map shows the United States including an inset of Alaska in the lower left corner. Colored shading shows different territories and cessions which are also labeled with names and dates including: Mexican Cession 1848, Province of Louisiana French Cession 1803, Texas 1845, North-Western Territory, Spanish Cession 1819, Original Thirteen States, and Russian Cession 1867. Additionally, states are outlined and labeled including dates of statehood (where applicable). A block of text in the up… more
Date: 1890
Creator: A. S. Barnes & Co.
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Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Shewey's map, city St. Louis.

Description: Map shows late nineteenth century Saint Louis, Missouri street names, existing and proposed public transportation routes, parks, cemeteries, public institutions, and ward boundaries. Includes explanation and advertising for Lindenwood suburbs; index in accompanying pages; illustration on cover. Insets: [Carondelet] and [overview map of St. Louis and vicinity]. Scale not given.
Date: 1890
Creator: A.C. Shewey & Co.
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Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Shewey's map, city St. Louis.

Description: Map shows late nineteenth century Saint Louis, Missouri street names, existing and proposed public transportation routes, parks, cemeteries, public institutions, and ward boundaries. Includes explanation and advertising for Lindenwood suburbs; index in accompanying pages; illustration on cover. Insets: [Carondelet] and [overview map of St. Louis and vicinity]. Scale not given.
Date: 1890
Creator: A.C. Shewey & Co.
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Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Snap-Hook

Description: Patent for a snap hook in order to "provide a hook of simple construction that shall be securely locked when in use" (p. 2)
Date: December 30, 1890
Creator: Adams, Don B.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Velocipede.

Description: Patent for a new and improved velocipede. This design "has relation to that class of velocipedes in which the rider is suspended within a large wheel impelled by a frictional contact between the inner periphery of the same and the driving wheel" (lines 8-12). With this design, "by the increased size of wheel, not only is speed gained, but the same may be propelled with greater ease over rough or smooth roads and with greater comfort to the rider, in that the jolt is less, and yet at the same ti… more
Date: August 5, 1890
Creator: Akers, William P.
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Hobby Horse.

Description: Patent for a new and improved hobby horse. This design "consists in providing a 'hobby-horse' or a 'stick-horse' with a pivoted head, to which is preferably connected a spring, so that the swinging of the head will give the appearance of the horse pulling on the reins held by the operator. The invention comprises a head pivoted at one end, a spring secured thereto and to the horse, and a lip on said head to limit the downward movement thereof" (lines 14-24).
Date: June 17, 1890
Creator: Alexander, Horace C.
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Bridle Bit.

Description: Patent for a new and improved bridle bit. This design "consist[s] of curb-plates provided with the mouth-bar and having the upper ends provided with slots and the lower ends formed with longitudinal slots, and the cheek-plates loosely fitted to the outer ends of the mouth-bar and having their opposite ends formed with openings for the attachment of the head-stall and reins" (lines 72-79).
Date: March 11, 1890
Creator: Allen, John Hudson
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Awning.

Description: Patent for a new and improved awning. This design consists in "[t]he awning frame, consisting of the pivoted curved rods, pivoted sectional braces pivotally connected to said rods, and the holding or suspending bars pivoted to said rods and having series of adjusting-apertures engaging pins or studs of said braces" (lines 74-79).
Date: January 14, 1890
Creator: Allen, William B.
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Mexico: mapa de las lineas del Ferrocarril Central y conecciones.

Description: Map shows railroads in Mexico and United States. Includes legend, time zone clocks stamped on face of map, and "Perfil del Ferrocarril Central de Mexico a Paso del Norte" [Profile of the Central Railroad of Mexico to Paso del Norte]. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [1:15,000,000].
Date: 1890
Creator: American Bank Note Company
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Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Lumber-Kiln

Description: Patent for a "kiln proper . . . constructed with special reference to combustion of cinders or sparks, and thereby preventing their escape into the chamber containing the lumber" (lines 7-10)
Date: February 25, 1890
Creator: Anderson, Andrew T.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Animal Trap.

Description: Patent for a new and improved animal trap. This design consists in "the combination of the base-board having the opposite recesses and the transverse shaft, the yoke having the spring-coils mounted on the projecting ends of the shaft in said recesses, the standard having the holding-rod, the trigger, and the guards or prongs secured in the base-board" (lines 20-26).
Date: August 19, 1890
Creator: Anderson, Henry C.
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Churn.

Description: Patent for a new and improved churn. This design consists in "[t]he combination of the standards, the longitudinal bars connecting the same, the driving-shaft journaled on the upper bars, the counter-shaft journaled on the lower bars and provided with a crank-disk at one end, gearing between the driving-shaft and the counter-shaft, the balance-wheel on the counter-shaft, the rock-shaft journaled on the upper bars and provided with the oppositely-extending crank-arms between the said bars, the c… more
Date: April 29, 1890
Creator: Anderson, Henry C.
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Clasp

Description: Patent for a new and improved clasp. This design "compris[es] a base and a reversely bent or inclined retaining or clamping arm formed of a single continuous wire with an eye at one end thereof and a bend or enlargement at the other end thereof, the frame or base being substantially rectangular, and the upward bent arm extending through the eye at one end of the base and having the bend or enlargement at the other end arranged near or against the end bar at the opposite end of the frame" (lines… more
Date: November 11, 1890
Creator: Anderson, Henry C.
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Hame Fastener.

Description: Patent for a new and improved hame fastener. This design consists, "with the bar provided with a rack and longitudinal ways, of the housing provided at each end with downwardly and inwardly projecting lugs engaging said ways, and a spring provided with a stop, the link seated in a groove on the housing provided with a finger-hold, and an offset on said link adapted to strike against a projection on the spring for limiting the movement of said link" (lines 64-73).
Date: May 20, 1890
Creator: Anderson, Lee
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Nut Lock.

Description: Patent for a new and improved nut-lock. This design "consist[s] of a strip of metal having the looped portion adapted to embrace the bolt, and having the downwardly-bent spring portion or end forming a biting-edge, the rearwardly-extending straight portion bent upward . . . to form a bearing point or edge, which is also adapted, in conjunction with the edge to grip the fish-plate . . . the forwardly-extending straight spring portion overlapping the straight portion, the inner curved edge of whi… more
Date: January 14, 1890
Creator: Anderson, Lee
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Top Prop.

Description: Patent for a new and improved top-props for carriages. This design consists "[i]n combination with an arm having perforations and slot, plate provided with arm, pin, and bolt, and arms . . . secured, respectively, to the arm and the carriage-top" (lines 76-80).
Date: May 20, 1890
Creator: Anderson, Lee
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Baling-Press

Description: Patent for improvements in baling presses "in which the necessary motion may be imparted to the plunger in a rapid and effective manner, and which shall be productive of considerable saving of labor and power" (lines 15-19)
Date: April 29, 1890
Creator: Anderson, Zachariah J.
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Vehicle Wheel.

Description: Patent for a new and improved vehicle wheel. This design is "to improve the felly-expanding devices, to provide a strong, durable, and efficient metallic connection between the spoke and felly, to provide novel means whereby the expanding movement of the felly is amplified by a partial rotation of a screw, and to otherwise improve vehicle-wheels" (lines 13-20).
Date: December 16, 1890
Creator: Ashford James A.
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Wire Tightener.

Description: Patent for a new and improved wire-tightener. This design consists, "with a curved metallic bar having a central groove in its convex side, and aligned openings of different diameters in the sides of the groove, of the looping-pin having two tapering arms at an angle to each other and of different sizes" (lines 78-83).
Date: December 9, 1890
Creator: Austin, John W.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Gate.

Description: Patent for improvements in gates, including illustrations.
Date: October 28, 1890
Creator: Austin, Thomas J.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Railroad Tie.

Description: Patent for a new and improved railroad-tie. This design "has for its object the provision of means for broadening the gage of a road at curves thereof and the production of a metallic tie that is extremely simple in construction and by means of which a rail can be readily removed or secured in place and a firm elastic bearing obtained thereof" (lines 19-25).
Date: January 7, 1890
Creator: Bagby, William Henry
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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