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[Transcript of Letter from the Members of the Ayunamiento of Mina to The Congress of the United Mexican States, July 23, 1834]

Description: Copy of transcript for a letter from the Members of the Ayunamiento of Mina to The Congress of the United Mexican States, in which the members pledge their continued allegiance to the Mexican government, and apologize for any perceived treasonous activity associated with the Convention of 1833. The members also ask for the release of Stephen F. Austin from prison.
Date: July 23, 1834
Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

Saw Mill Dog.

Description: Patent for a new and improved saw mill dog. This design "is an improvement in the class of dogging apparatus which is affixed to one of the knees of a head-block of the log-carriage" (lines 8-11). The improvement consists in the combination and arrangement of parts, specifically "the notched dog and adjustable slotted drop-catch with the slotted moveable dog-bar and base-stand" (lines 77-79).
Date: November 2, 1880
Creator: Wickham, William J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Piston Packing.

Description: Patent for a new and improved piston packing. This design consists in a "piston head cast entire and having radial arms bored out, in combination with the piston-segments, the steam-ports in the piston-plates, and stems of said segments, packing expansible rings on said stems, and the expansible packing-rings inclosing the said piston-segments" (lines 87-93).
Date: February 7, 1888
Creator: St. James, Henry L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Wheel.

Description: Patent for improvements “in wheel-tightening arrangements in which a cylinder with a conical-formed end works by means of a thread inside the hub, for the purpose of forcing the spokes to the outside and to tighten by these means the whole wheel, when the wooden parts of the wheel are shrunk together.” (Lines 9-15) Illustration is included.
Date: August 11, 1891
Creator: Pluck, James
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Type.

Description: Patent for a new and improved type. This design "relates to printing, and more especially to the type used therein; and the object of the same is to provide a substitute for the large wood type now extensively used on poster and other large work. To this end the invention consists in a type-face and a type-base each of metal" (lines 7-13).
Date: September 20, 1892
Creator: Coleman, Allison
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Cotton-Seed Planter.

Description: Patent for a cotton-seem planters that has a frame with a bar bent to make handles, supporting wheels, a hopper, a feed drum, guides, and pins that feed seed along the hopper.
Date: March 13, 1894
Creator: Sawyer, Samuel P.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Tool for Building Wire Fences.

Description: Patent for a simple and effective tool used for building wire fences that is "a nail holding and driving device, a measuring attachment, and a wire cutter" (lines 12-14).
Date: May 15, 1894
Creator: Highsmith, Lewis C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Wrench.

Description: Patent for a pipe-wrench that has a shank with a fixed jaw, a handle for the shank, a movable jaw with two loops for the shank to pass through and a movable upper loop, a ferrule attached to the handle with a long opening, an adjustable screw with a milled collar in the movable jaw, and a pin attached to the shank.
Date: July 16, 1895
Creator: McElroy, Harry
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Disk Cultivator.

Description: Patent for an improvement on a previous patent granted to the inventor (no. 526,962)for a disk cultivator. The improvement is that "the disks are supported at any point on the under side of the disk-frame and in means whereby the disk-supporting frame may be elevated from the ground" (lines 16-19).
Date: November 3, 1896
Creator: Brock, Andrew L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Game - Carrier.

Description: Patent for a new and useful instrument and device to "provide hunters and fishermen with a light, cheap, clean, convenient, and secure means of carrying their game and fish" (line 18 -20).
Date: January 11, 1898
Creator: Parker, McCluer H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Wire-Fence Tool.

Description: Patent for certain new and useful improvements in wire fence tools, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 5, 1899
Creator: Boynton, John Blijah
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Draft-Equalizer.

Description: Patent for improvement in draft-equalizer “to drive a plurality of animals abreast, and is arranged so that neither of the animals need travel upon ploughed ground. It is also designed to obviate the usual unnecessary looseness of the draft connections and to provide for an adjustable tension upon the connection between the opposite equalizing-bars.” (Lines 12-19) Illustration is included.
Date: June 18, 1901
Creator: Shipman, Samuel H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Bale Forming Apparatus

Description: Patent for a bale forming apparatus. This invention is designed as an improvement to existing bale-forming apparatus.
Date: August 4, 1903
Creator: Anderson, William E.; Dyer, Frank L. & Workum, Julius F.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Buckle.

Description: Patent for a "buckle which may be quickly and readily attached to or detached from the straps and which will permit of the ready and rapid adjustment of the straps and at the same time will positively hold the same in their adjusted positions" (lines 13-18).
Date: September 1, 1903
Creator: Pool, Robert C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Hydraulic Milk Cooler

Description: Patent for a hydraulic milk cooler. This invention is shrouded in coolant agent absorbing material that is hydraulically applied to keep dairy products cool. Illustrations included.
Date: December 8, 1903
Creator: Womble, Zachariah C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Churn Operator

Description: Patent for a Churn Operator. This device contains specifications for operating churn-dashers, as well as improvements for the established churn operator.
Date: April 13, 1905
Creator: Ham, James T.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Hitching Device

Description: Patent for a hitching device. This device if for hitching horses reins. Illustration included.
Date: February 20, 1906
Creator: Hazlewood, George W. & Robinson, Henry C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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