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Trap.

Description: Patent for animal trap that has a mechanism in connection with spring traps, which is controlled by the closing of the trap, with U-shaped jaws that are spaced slightly apart in order to avoid severing or crushing the animals leg when the jaws of the trap closes. It is meant to prevent the animal from escaping by leaving its leg in the trap.
Date: October 26, 1920
Creator: Manning, James, Sr.

Heater for Gaseous Fluids.

Description: Patent for "an attachment for use in connection with internal combustion engines whereby heavy oil...may be advantageously used as fuel" (lines 9-12) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 16, 1915
Creator: Anderau, Joseph Engelbert

Display Apparatus.

Description: Patent for an apparatus that displays objects enclosed in containers and allows them to be retrieved without "changing the position of any other than the [container] to which access is desired" (lines 16-17) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: February 16, 1915
Creator: Boudreaux, Carlos

[Trading Card: Roadrunner]

Description: Trading card issued as part of the Geocache Challenge program for Barton Warnock Visitor Center, depicting a roadrunner perched on a plant, holding an insect in its beak. The back of the card contains information about roadrunners.
Date: 2011
Creator: Texas. Parks and Wildlife Department.
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