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Cotton Planter.

Description: Patent for a new and improved planter. This design "consists in the improved machine . . . wherein a series of rods actuated by the main carrying-wheel are intermittently projected beyond the periphery of the latter at or about the time they approach the seed hopper, so that they may enter said hopper and cause the seed to be fed to the drill-tube" (lines 17-24).
Date: November 12, 1889
Creator: Johnson, Thomas J. & Mitchell, Joseph L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Curry Comb.

Description: Patent for a new and improved curry-comb. This design "has relation to that class of curry-combs provided with detachable and reversible handles, and has for its object to provide simple and effective means whereby the handle can be readily detached from the comb and replaced in a reverse position, or removed for the purpose of economizing for space in packing for transportation" (lines 17-24).
Date: June 8, 1886
Creator: Johnson, Thomas Jefferson
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Plows.

Description: Patent for the, "improvement in the auxiliary blades attatched to plows...[and] in the improved method of constructing and attaching the blade to a plow, so that it can be shifted and adjusted in different positions" (lines 14-21). Illustrations included.
Date: February 27, 1877
Creator: Kersh, Thomas E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Lawn-Trimmer.

Description: Patent for a new and useful lawn trimmer, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: January 30, 1900
Creator: Luke, William
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Lifting-Jack.

Description: Patent for a new and useful lifting jack, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: November 7, 1899
Creator: Luke, William
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Oral History Interview with Thomas Johnson, October 19, 2002

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Thomas Johnson. Johnson was born in Dallas, Texas 9 April 1918. He was attending Washington University in St. Louis when he was drafted into the US Army. After serving for nine months he received a hardship discharge. Soon after Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, he joined the Navy. Johnson tells of the pilot training he received at Murray, Kentucky prior to washing out of the program. He then went to the Great Lakes Naval Trainin… more
Date: October 19, 2002
Duration: 42 minutes 34 seconds
Creator: Johnson, Thomas
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Thomas Johnson, October 19, 2002

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Thomas Johnson. Johnson was born in Dallas, Texas 9 April 1918. He was attending Washington University in St. Louis when he was drafted into the US Army. After serving for nine months he received a hardship discharge. Soon after Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, he joined the Navy. Johnson tells of the pilot training he received at Murray, Kentucky prior to washing out of the program. He then went to the Great Lakes Naval Trainin… more
Date: October 19, 2002
Creator: Johnson, Thomas
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Plow

Description: Patent for an improvement to the plow that allows "for holding the plow-point firmly in position upon the standard or foot without the use of bolts and nuts." (Lines 10-13)
Date: January 15, 1907
Creator: Johnson, Thomas J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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