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Rail-Clamp.

Description: Patent for certain new and useful improvements in rail clamps or braces, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 27, 1898
Creator: Henigan, John M.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Electric Car-Brake.

Description: Patent for a new and improved electric car-brake. This design "consists in a car-brake formed of a pinion attached to the car axle, the pinion taking in a ratchet-wheel provided with a projecting pin, that enters into the slots of a wheel provided with a sleeve, upon which the brake chain is wound, which sleeve can be moved on the axle by means of a lever that is actuated by a rod passing into a helix connected with a battery to the locomotive" (lines 11-19).
Date: February 24, 1880
Creator: Conover, Philip Vorus
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Electric Car Brake.

Description: Patent for a new and improved electric car brake. This design "consists in a combination . . . of a friction-wheel mounted on a laterally-adjustable vertical shaft, provided at its upper end with a beveled cog-wheel, engaging with a beveled cog-wheel on a horizontal shaft, journaled in the under side of the car-floor, on which horizontal shaft is loosely mounted a worm, which engages with a worm-wheel mounted on [a] shaft . . . when this worm is locked on the shaft . . . the brake-chain will be… more
Date: September 26, 1882
Creator: Conover, Philip Vorus
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Feeder for Sheets of Paper, &c.

Description: Patent for improvements to sheet feeders "to take the sheet which is to be red from the bottom of the pile of sheets on a reciprocating platform which moves forward, when the sheet is seized by the suction-roller, with approximately the same speed as that of the periphery of the said roller" (lines 11-17).
Date: January 14, 1890
Creator: Clarke, George R.
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Friction-Clutch.

Description: Patent for certain new and useful improvements in friction clutches, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: November 22, 1898
Creator: Clarke, George R.
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Calipers.

Description: Patent for calipers that can be adjusted micrometrically to within one five-thousandth of an inch. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: June 29, 1897
Creator: Clarke, George R.
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Texas Attorney General Opinion: V-04

Description: Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Price Daniel, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Is it mandatory that the Tax Collector of Uvalde County collect the joint County Junior College tax for the year 1946 from those taxpayers who have not yet paid their 1946 State and county taxes? And related questions.
Date: February 14, 1947
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-5754

Description: Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Grover Sellers, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Procedure of the Commissioners' Court of Uvalde County to secure the right to enter the property in question and survey for the right-of-way.
Date: December 23, 1944
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
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Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-6378

Description: Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Grover Sellers, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: What is the amount of salary which can be legally paid to the County Commissioners of Uvalde County.
Date: January 20, 1945
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
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[Large Tree in Front of a Wooden Cabin]

Description: Photograph of a large tree in front of a wood-slatted cabin. The tree, which is on the left-hand side of the image, is one of many scattered mostly around the background. There is a wooden fence around the cabin, which has three windows with shutters on the right-hand side. The photograph is mounted on a black board, which has pin holes in several places. There is a note on the bottom of the image that is typed onto a piece of white paper. It reads, "Temple of the Mexican Presbyterian Church in… more
Date: unknown
Creator: Crofoot, George W.
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Partner: Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary

Uvalde County.

Description: Map shows land patents, block and tract numbers, landowners, towns, and railroads; portions of adjacent counties where property boundaries extend beyond county limits. Scale not given.
Date: 1915
Creator: [Texas]. General Land Office.
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Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

[Photograph of Etta Lois Wood]

Description: Photograph of Etta Lois Wood, sitting on an intricately designed wicker chair. In her right hand she holds an open fan, and in her left hand she has a closed umbrella propped against her leg. She wears a checkered long sleeved dress with puffy sleeves and collar, hat, and belt. A hand written note on the back reads, "Etta Lois Wood, Texas."
Date: unknown
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Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis
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