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Improvement in Railroad-Switches.

Description: Patent for improvement in railroad-switches by “mounting a frog on a plate, and provided with pivoted rails or rail-sections, arranged for operation in connection with fixed rail-sections upon the plate, to form a continuity with either line of main rail, and connected below the plate by pivoted bars or levers, to secure a relative action or adjustment of the pivoted or movable rail-sections, whereby a very perfect and simple frog operating to prevent break in the main line or lines is obtained… more
Date: July 16, 1872
Creator: Fitzsimmons, Henry
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Ignition-Tube Heater

Description: Patent for "fire prevention, or explosions, by gas or oil surrounding the heater of the ignition-tube of a gas engine." (lines 11-14) including illustrations.
Date: August 10, 1915
Creator: Kincade, Elmer C.
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