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Sash Fastener.

Patent for a new and improved sash fastener. This design consists in "[t]he combination of the casing having apertured ears and a front plate, of the rack-bolt having a head beveled on its rear face to fit a corresponding beveled opening in the front plate, the pinion, and the spindle, the beveled head being adapted to enter the beveled opening of the front plate and lie flush with the outer surface of said front plate" (lines 77-85).

Date: March 30, 1886

Creator: Gibbon, Richard

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Fly Trap.

Patent for a new and improved fly-trap. This design "is to produce a fly-trap the bait-pan of which will be operated by certain mechanism to bring it under the trap, and in such a manner that the flies will be compelled to fly into the trap, and thus be captured. Furthermore, the object of the invention is to produce a simple and effective fly-trap" (lines 13-19).

Date: May 7, 1889

Creator: Russell, George Washington

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Wheeler [County]

Cadastral map of Wheeler County, Texas in the Panhandle Plains region. Some boundaries are outlined in color. Scale [ca. 1:133,334] (4000 varas per inch).

Date: September 20, 1887

Item Type: Map

Partner: Texas General Land Office