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Car Coupling

Description: Patent for a new and useful improvements in Car couples. This invention "relates to automatic car couples, and more particularly to that class known as " swing-pin" couples" (line 11 - 13).
Date: November 16, 1897
Creator: Gillespie, Charles W.
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Axle-Setting Machine

Description: Patent for a axle setting machine that can be used on any type of axle, has its own lever, and doesn't touch the inside of the axle collar.
Date: May 7, 1907
Creator: Roberts, John William
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Car Coupling.

Description: Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design "is in couplers adapted to use a link of ordinary form and to be so set that coupling may be automatic or not, as desired" (lines 15-17). It consists, "with the draw-head having lugs upon each side of the same, of the vertical coupling-pin, the pivoted pin-supporting arms arranged to contact with the lugs, and tripping arms adapted to be operated by the centering-link and throw the arms from the lugs" (lines 23-29).
Date: June 28, 1892
Creator: Callaway, William H. & West, Charles C.
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Clutch Clamp.

Description: Patent for a new and improved clutch-clamp. This design "is to provide a simple and effective device for lowering or hoisting the pipe or rods of pumps into bored wells or other places, such as mines or shafts, and without injury to the pipe or rod, such device being not only readily and easily handled in connecting it to or disconnecting it from the object to be raised or lowered, but capable of being manufactured at comparatively small cost" (lines 20-29).
Date: August 16, 1887
Creator: McCoy, John William
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Adjustable and Detachable Bow for Spectacles.

Description: Patent for a temple bow for spectacles which is secured to a lens frame and is adjustable to “accommodate the angle of vision of the wearer” (lines 89-90). The connection joints between the bow and lens frame allows adjustment without bending or twisting the bow, providing a more durable bow and frame.
Date: January 13, 1914
Creator: Blanchard, Edward.
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Calculating-Machine

Description: Patent for certain new and useful improvements in calculating machines. Whereby substantially correct calculations may be registered or recored without using a series of superfluous or immaterial numbers. The machine will round prices up to the nearest cent. For example, $0.024 becomes $0.02 while $0.025 becomes $0.03. Illustrations included.
Date: March 6, 1917
Creator: Hardgrave, Everett J.
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Air Pump

Description: Patent for an air pump for the delivery of air to the tire of a wheel.
Date: April 15, 1913
Creator: Scott, Charles Mack
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Cotter-Pin Puller

Description: Patent for cottor-pin puller that is useful to pull cotter pins that are secured in shafts, fly wheels or any other devices without bending or twisting or damaging them.
Date: October 31, 1916
Creator: Hayden, Jefferson B.
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Automobile-Tire

Description: Patent for the improvement of cushion tires. The improvement produces a more resilient tire, less susceptible to punctures.
Date: October 8, 1918
Creator: Hemphill, Alwynn
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Casing-Pulling Device.

Description: Patent for providing a casing pulling device of simple, compact and durable construction that will permit it being lowered into a well casing without being obstructed in its descent by irregularities or bends in the casing so as to ensure proper operation.
Date: 192X
Creator: Carter, George W. & Hayden, R.B.
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Oral History Interview with Bertha Linton on July 25, 2016

Description: Berta Perez Linton was born in 1942 or 1943 in Brady, Texas. She attended schools in Melvin, Texas until 7th grade while her family lived in a ranch. Linton’s family then moved to San Angelo, Texas where she graduated from Central High School in 1961. Linton attended Angelo College for one year and a half before transferring to the University of Texas at Austin. Linton graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a major in elementary education in 1967. She taught bilingual education i… more
Date: July 25, 2016
Duration: 1 hour 12 minutes 26 seconds
Creator: Wisely, Karen; Zapata, Joel & Linton, Bertha
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Oral History Interview with Willie Serna, July 25, 2016

Description: Guillermo "Willie" Serna was born in Seguin, Texas in 1927 where he attended “Mexican schools.” He served in the Pacific during World War II after volunteering in 1944 (he was in the service until 1947). Upon his return to Seguin, Serna was part of creating the fourth chapter of the American GI Forum in his home town in 1948 with over 100 members. He worked as a migrant farm worker, traveling to West Texas, Ohio and Indiana. In Indiana he, Serna organized a strike for higher wages that were equ… more
Date: July 25, 2016
Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 58 seconds
Creator: Wisely, Karen; Zapata, Joel & Serna, Willie
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