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[Letter to an Editor of a Newspaper]

Description: Newspaper clipping containing several letters to the editor published in a Waco newspaper, starting with a poem from " Portfolio of a Deceased Confederate Soldier " and commentary providing insight on the soldier's life, family, property, and death. Other letters and articles discuss horse thieves that were shot, the Election Law that had recently been passed on the front, with text on the back describing recent events and anecdotes and bounties, with advertisements.
Date: August 1872
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

Improvement in Cotton-Condensers.

Description: Patent to improve the compressing-roller design in a cotton gin, to keep the mechanisms from clogging. This is an addition to a previous patent by the same inventor that improved methods of cleaning the cotton. It includes an explanation with references, and illustrations.
Date: December 10, 1878
Creator: Donovan, John T.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Arc-Lamp.

Description: Patent for an arc lamp that features a spring operated clutch mechanism for the upper electrode.
Date: July 10, 1917
Creator: Williams, Theron H.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Railway-Switch.

Description: Patent for an improvement to railway switches, by creating an automatic switch that changes the direction of a track from object while object is moving on track.
Date: January 13, 1914
Creator: James, Samuel
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[News Script: EPA]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of Texas Attorney General who announced that he is ready to go to court, if the Environmental Protection Agency tries to enforce it's proposed anti-pollution regulations in efforts to control automobile pollutants.
Date: August 31, 1973, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Phrem Killing]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about the police who have now issued an arrest warrant for a 37-year-old Waco man wanted for the week-end slaying of William Phrem.
Date: April 15, 1974, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Reckless Driver Charge]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about a Waco man who was arrested and held on a 500-dollar bond on charges of trying to run down an airport security guard with his plane.
Date: April 25, 1974, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Wrench

Description: Patent for a nut and pipe wrench. Illustrations included.
Date: July 7, 1908
Creator: Barr, George T.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Wrench.

Description: Patent for a new sliding jaw type wrench which enables objects to be clamped in the jaws of the wrench securely while leverage is used to rotate the head of a nut.
Date: July 29, 1913
Creator: McGill, Wisdom
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Water-Gage.

Description: Patent for a water-gage measuring the height or volume of water in a steam boiler, particularly those "held closed by the weight of the operating handle" (lines 11-12). The device is designed for simple manufacture and easy assembly & disassembly without tools, and features a valve seat that stays in place, illustrations included.
Date: December 30, 1919
Creator: Leidecker, Helmoth M.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Knee Pad

Description: Patent for a knee protector design "which when worn will not inconvenience the wearer when standing or walking" (lines 10-12). Illustrations are included.
Date: June 6, 1916
Creator: Ashton, Epps
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Well-Drilling Machine

Description: Patent for a well-drilling machine that is simple, compact and effective with general improvements over other models.
Date: May 15, 1906
Creator: McAfee, Claude M.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Wagon-Body

Description: Patent for wagon body which fits on many different types of running bodies, including illustrations.
Date: October 1, 1901
Creator: Winans, Myron L.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Line-Lock Attachment for Type-Writing Machines.

Description: Patent for improvements in line-lock attachments for type-writing machines in which “it prevent the printing of one letter over another by effecting a locking of the key-levers when the carriage of the machine reaches the end of the line.” (Lines 26-29) Illustration is included.
Date: July 5, 1904
Creator: Parker, William A.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Linotype Machine

Description: Patent for used producing lines of type, and it is the object of the invention to provide a comparatively simple, small, inexpensive and compact machine of that character generally resembling a type write in its construction and operation, and operable to produce lines of type.
Date: November 20, 1917
Creator: French, Morris
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Plows

Description: Patent for improvements in the constuction of plows in order to obtain the "best" (line 50) results of "cleanness in furrow, lightness of draft, and facility afforded in constructin the plow" (line 51-52).
Date: October 23, 1879
Creator: Woodward, Lewis E.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Nut-Lock

Description: Patent for a locking nut that holds the bolt in place, prevent it from loosening.
Date: July 1, 1902
Creator: Robinson, James F.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Coffee-Pots

Description: Patent for the design of an improved coffee and tea pot with an internal water reservoir, dripping cup for coffee or tea, gauge for water level, and two separate valves for the hot water and resulting coffee or tea. Includes illustration of both a sectional and horizontal elevation of coffee-pot design.
Date: June 27, 1876
Creator: Sherwood, Willis H.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Stump-Puller.

Description: Patent for a stump-puller that "can be quickly assembled and taken apart, to devise a device which will admit of the rope being quickly paid off from the capstan after the stump has been uprooted, and, finally, to provide a machine which can be easily handled and which will perform the required work in a rapid and satisfactory manner and which can be transported from one stump to the other by being dragged upon the ground" (lines 10-19).
Date: April 7, 1896
Creator: Widmer, Louis J.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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