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Well Bucket Fixture.

Description: Patent for a new and improved well-bucket fixture. This design "is to provide for the ready opening of the valve for entrance into the bucket of water or other fluid, and the closing of the same when the same bucket has been sufficiently supplied; also securely to hold the parts together as against loosening in consequence of frequent usage; and it consists in the detailed construction, combination, and arrangement of the parts" (lines 11-19).
Date: September 21, 1886
Creator: Atkin, Samuel T. & Steele, Oliver

Plow Attachment for Planters.

Description: Patent for an invention "to equip any style of planter with a plow attachment for breaking and opening the soil in advance of the furrow-opener and seeding mechanism." (Lines 8-11). Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 7, 1897
Creator: Conoley. Malcom C.

Plow.

Description: Patent for "new and useful improvements in plows, having for its object the provision of simple and highly-efficient means for adjusting the position of the outer drag-bars and shovels and for regulating the depth of penetration of the central shovel" (lines 10-16).
Date: September 4, 1888
Creator: Foster, Joseph H. & Kimbro, Jeremiah H.

Nut-Lock

Description: Patent for a "cheap, simple, and durable nut-lock which will be efficient to prevent a nut from working loose on a bolt, to prevent the bolt from turning in its socket, and to also permit the bolt to work or play slightlyin its socket to yield to the movement of the rails when a train is passing" (lines 20-26).
Date: September 20, 1892
Creator: Nelms, Alexander P.

Submarine Plow.

Description: Patent for a simple, durable, and inexpensive submarine plow that has an adjustable beam with a plow on its lower end. The invention is meant to have a beam that is "capable of easier and more effectual adjustment to suit the conditions of the operation being performed" (lines 16-18).
Date: September 11, 1894
Creator: Halton, John

Car-Coupling.

Description: Patent for improvement in car-coupler particularly to that known as “swing-pin.” This is how it works “a pin comprises a pin proper whose upper end is connected by a chain with the front end of the arm on a horizontal rod. The body of this pin passes through a catch, from which it may be removed.” (Lines 40-45) “The catch has a transverse pin and a rounded upper edge, terminating in a shoulder at its front end and a tongue at its rear end.” (Lines 46-49) Illustration is included.
Date: September 15, 1891
Creator: Harrington, Charles

Capital Area Council of Governments Annual Budget and Work Plan: 2013

Description: Annual budget, work plan, projected productivity, and performance report for the Capital Area Council of Goverments (CAPCOG) for fiscal year 2013. It covers budget resolutions, budget summary, budget charts, regional services, administrative services, Homeland Security, and personnel and salary schedules.
Date: September 12, 2012
Creator: Capital Area Council of Governments (Austin, Tex.)

Capital Area Council of Governments Annual Budget and Work Plan: 2014

Description: Annual budget, work plan, projected productivity, and performance report for the Capital Area Council of Goverments (CAPCOG) for fiscal year 2014. It includes the budget resolution, summary, and charts, with segments on area agency on aging, sustainable communities, and homeland security.
Date: September 11, 2013
Creator: Capital Area Council of Governments (Austin, Tex.)

Gearing.

Description: Patent for a speed transmission device that simply and efficiently changes the gears in an automobile especially at fluctuating speeds.
Date: September 13, 1921
Creator: Anderson, Bert
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