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Water-Heater

Description: Patent for a water heater which operates by connecting to the smoke stack of a furnace. Illustrations included.
Date: December 29, 1908
Creator: Miles, Joseph Furnas
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Suspended Rotary Fan

Description: Patent for "certain new and useful improvements in Suspended Rotary Fans." (Lines 6-7) including instructions.
Date: December 17, 1901
Creator: Lamb, Reece
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Top Prop.

Description: Patent for a new and improved top prop. This design consists in "the combination of a block, a supporting-arm mounted thereon, and a strap passing about the arm and bows and secured to the block. . . . [and a] plate provided with tubular hub and lug, [another] plate provided with an opening to fit the hub, an arm provided with a seat and with a circular opening to fit upon the hub, and a bolt or screw" (lines 82-87).
Date: December 18, 1888
Creator: Anderson, Lee
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Plunger-Operating Means of Hay-Presses

Description: Patent for "new and improved horse-power, which will operate four or less hay-presses by the movement of one operating-lever, and which can be used for a great variety of other purposes" (lines 8-12).
Date: December 24, 1889
Creator: Mayo, William A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Farming Implement

Description: Patent for a new farm implement. It is described as a ridable frame that a farmer could attach assorted tools, making it a multipurpose farm tool.
Date: December 10, 1918
Creator: McHam, John Warren
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Piano Guard and Rest.

Description: Patent for "an attachment for pianos designed for use as a guard to protect the instrument from injury to the front of the keyboard when being moved through narrow passage-ways, and as a rest for the feet of performers unable to reach the floor to prevent contact and consequent defacing of the lower panels." (Lines 8-15) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 31, 1895
Creator: Norcross, Levi Watson
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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[News Clip: Anniversary]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: December 23, 1982, 6:00 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 49 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Letter from Sam M. Weiss to T. N. Carswell - December 5, 1942]

Description: A letter written to Mr. Thomas N. Carswell, Commander, Fifth Division, The American Legion, Abilene, Texas, from Sam M. Weiss, Member, The Americanism Committee, Paris, Texas, dated December 5, 1942. Weiss makes a request of Carswell to appoint someone as the Chairman of the Disaster Relief Committee. Handwritten notation by T. N. Carswell is an advisement to Weiss that he recommends Arthur Sitas of San Angelo, Tx.
Date: December 5, 1942
Creator: Weiss, Sam M.
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Sanitary Closet.

Description: Patent for a sanitary closet or a dry closet with the aim of providing the locals without sewage and plumbing an odorless and sanitary restroom facility, including illustrations.
Date: December 8, 1914
Creator: Boothe, William W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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