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Apparatus for Killing Rodents

Description: Patent for an apparatus for killing rodents "that may be used effectively for the destruction of all animals that burrow in the ground; and it consists in a furnace for the generation of sulphurous odors or other suffocating gases and a pump for forcing the gases into the burrows of the animals . . . ."
Date: August 22, 1882
Creator: Palmer, Austin D.
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Wrench.

Description: Patent for a new and improved wrench. This design "consists in the combination of the main bar, which is provided with a head having a suitable recess to catch over nuts, with a sliding head, which has two surfaces to act in connection with opposite ends of the head, but out of line with each other, and a spring-actuated catch, which catches in suitable ratchets made in the main bar, so as to hold the sliding head in position" (lines
Date: May 22, 1883
Creator: Hamrick, Jerome Miller.
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Railroad-Tie

Description: Patent for a railroad-tie. This is a "railroad track supporting device a practically indestructible clamp for the securing of rails" (lines 12-14). Illustration included.
Date: February 22, 1910
Creator: Stephens, William A.
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Post Hole Auger

Description: Patent for an improved post-hole digger/auger with multiple blades that cut in a spiral pattern and has the blades adjust and lock on the base. The blade shanks form a cage and keeps dirt from clogging the blades.
Date: May 22, 1915
Creator: Hoover, Orville M. & Ardery, Sarah, J.
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Wire Stretcher

Description: Patent for an improved wire-stretcher that is able to stretch wires while simultaneously holding the stretched wire during stapling.
Date: June 22, 1915
Creator: Kidd, Burrell L.
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Ice-Machine

Description: Patent for an icebox that can be combined with a refrigerator. The icebox will spray the ammonia compressor coil with water, as well as inducing a forced circulation of water in the icebox's freezing tank.
Date: May 22, 1920
Creator: Grant, Willburn C.
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