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Glass Slide of Damascus Sword Maker (Syria)

A glass slide showing a photograph of a Damascus Sword Maker and his young apprentice. The slide is numbered No. 552.

Date: [1882..1929]

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Shearing and Punching Machine.

Patent for punches and shears combined to cut metal longitudinally.

Date: July 3, 1888

Creator: Echols, Christaphor Columbus

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Saw-Hammering Machine.

Patent for a simple hammering machine for circular saws that "carries the saw in such a way that it may be held at any necessary or desired angle to suit the operator, which has a sliding anvil adapted to be adjusted so as to come opposite the various parts of the saw, which is provided with an adjustable hammer adapted to be brought opposite the anvil, which is constructed so as to cause a blow to expand both sides of the saw equally, and which in general is intended to facilitate the quick an… more

Date: July 18, 1893

Creator: Dillon, Thomas H.

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Forge-Tray.

Patent for "an improved forge tray, and it has for its object to provide means for preventing the loss or waste of fuel incident to the use of the ordinary forms of forges; and to provide means for concentrating the heat without interfering with the operations of the smith and without intercepting his view of the irons" (lines 8-15).

Date: August 15, 1893

Creator: Burnett, Rufus Samuel

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Brace for Boring Holes, &c.

Patent for a brace for boring holes through window sashes. It was invented "to enable [the inventor] the more quickly and better to apply my "sash lock", patented July 19, 1892, and numbered 479,152, but may be used for other purposes" (lines 20-23).

Date: February 13, 1894

Creator: McClellan, Stephen

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Tire-Heater.

Patent for a rotary tire-heater that used for and movably supported near a blacksmith's forge, where it can be swung over for use when needed. It economizes time and fuel, and is automatically adjustable.

Date: June 26, 1894

Creator: Callaway, John A.

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Punching-Machine.

Patent for a simple and durable punching-machine for metalworking that punching metal and feeds it forward. The invention is made up of " a carriage adapted to support the sheet to be punched, and provided with a toothed bar, a rock shaft carrying a pawl adapted to engage the said toothed bar to move the carriage forward, and a punch lever adapted to receive a swinging motion from the said shaft, the said lever being connected with the punch to move the latter downward to punch the sheet" (line… more

Date: August 14, 1894

Creator: Walsh, Richard

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Wire-Coiling Machine.

Patent for a wire-coiling machine that improves on a previous patent (No. 296,806), that was granted to Wildermuth. The improvement allows for either left- or right-handed use, by making the crank movable to either side and by "providing the upper end of the post at opposite sides with stationary cutter blades and a single movable cutter adapted to be shifted for operation with either one of the said fixed cutters" (lines 28-32).

Date: October 9, 1894

Creator: Crowder, George Washington

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Metal-Cutting Shears.

Patent for simple and effective metal-cutting shears that cuts hot or cold metals. The shears are mounted on a frame, and a hand-operated lever forces the upper shear down.

Date: November 20, 1894

Creator: Autrey, Benjamin P.

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Process of Treating Slag and Furnace Therefor.

Patent for a process of treating slag and furnace therefore. It has an improved method for separates melted metals produced during smelting and extracting the precious metals from slag. The richer matte and base-bullion run off separately and into separate taps.

Date: August 20, 1895

Creator: van Cleve, Charles M. & Rhodes, Robert D.

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Rest for Pivoting-Lathes.

Patent for a file-rest for watchmakers' pivoting-lathes with a "longitudially-slotted base and a vertical arm integral with said base" (lines 13-15), a holding-plate, and a thumb-screw.

Date: June 23, 1896

Creator: Miller, James K. Polk

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Bedstead Fastening.

Patent for connecting legs to side rails of beadsteads.

Date: April 17, 1900

Creator: Rape, Augustus D.

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Injector-Burner.

Patent for injector burner that provides rapid vaporization by maximum heating the walls of oil chamber and also has improved nozzle with oil outlet pipe. It has a detachable burner nozzle and maximum spread of flame is given by the burner-tip.

Date: December 9, 1902

Creator: Reagan, Edgar

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Padlock.

Patent for a padlock which "has for its object to provide a lock which cannot be picked and which shall be strong and simple in construction." (lines 9-11) including instructions and illustrations.

Date: September 19, 1905

Creator: Rembert, Willie E.

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Wire-Stretcher.

Patent for a wire-stretcher "to provide a device of the class embodying new and improved features of utility, convenience, indestructibility, and cheapness." (lines 8-12) including instructions and illustrations.

Date: October 3, 1905

Creator: Kimbro, John A. & Kimbro, Jeremirah H.

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Furniture-Handle.

Patent for a plate that improves the security of drop-handle furniture handles with posses superior advantages in point of simplicity, durability and general efficiency.

Date: December 26, 1905

Creator: Frank, Gustav

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Electric Heater for Metal Workers.

Patent for a electric heater for heating metal in preparation for welding. Consists of a bath of sal ammonia and water with a layer of graphite on top that the metal is placed into and then electric current is turned on which heats the metal to a weldable temperature.

Date: May 7, 1907

Creator: Luthy, Joseph Otto

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department