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Boot

Description: Patent for a boot design that contains a counter-support of coil springs while also being inexpensive, durable, and efficient.
Date: October 2, 1888
Creator: Benson, Henry L.

Calculator

Description: Patent for a calculator which consists of semicircular device with movable pointers and number indexes printed on it that allows the pointers to be moved to different numbers to produce the answer to a math problem such as calculating the cost of goods sold by the pound in a store.
Date: December 21, 1909
Creator: Goss, George Wilson

Concentration of Ores.

Description: Patent for improvements to recovering ore using flotation methods.
Date: December 17, 1918
Creator: Wiser, Oba

Crude-Oil Burner

Description: Patent for a portable crude oil burner that attaches to stoves.
Date: September 20, 1910
Creator: Lubbock, William L. & Hamblen, Samuel

Low-Water Alarm For Boilers

Description: Patent for "improvements in low water alarms for steam boilers and more particularly to those which are operated by the heat from the steam in the boiler, after the water therein has fallen below a predetermined danger point" (lines 15-20).
Date: January 5, 1915
Creator: Anderson, Williamson D. & Shearer, Edward J.

Protector for Detonator-Caps.

Description: Patent for a detonator cap that acts as a "protecting device...to seal the inner end of the cap into which the adjacent end of the fuse is projected in use." (lines 13-16)
Date: October 9, 1917
Creator: Dillard, George L.

Quilting-Frame for Sewing-Machines.

Description: Patent for an attachment that can be connected to a sewing machine to facilitate quilting.
Date: March 24, 1914
Creator: Click, Washington B.

Screw-Driver

Description: Patent for a screwdriver. Illustrations included.
Date: December 29, 1908
Creator: Winfrey, Edgar M. & Lilins, Thomas W.

Triple Valve

Description: Patent for a triple valve for air brakes on trains that gives the engineer more control over the brakes.
Date: August 13, 1912
Creator: Anderson, Williamson D. & Shearer, Edward J.
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