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Padlock.

Description: Patent for a new and improved lock. This design is "to provide a padlock having a two-part locking-bolt, each member thereof having separate and independent action and being operated by different means, each unlocking device being guided by a scale . . . [Also,] to so construct and organize the parts of a key padlock that the combination upon which it is operated may be readily and quickly changed, and to provide the key with a simple movable index which may be shifted to . . . indicate the pro… more
Date: August 27, 1889
Creator: Richards, Augustus, Sr.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Stove-Damper.

Description: Patent for stove-damper by using “a damper-valve which not only subserves the usuall function of an ordinary cooking-stove damper which works over the smoke-exit flue, but also acts as a draft regulating device to provide for regulating the draft the damper is thrown to a closed position.” (Lines 19-26) Illustration is included.
Date: November 27, 1900
Creator: Witcher, John C.
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[News Script: Weather Intro]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of many residents in southeast Montgomery County remained away from their homes after rising waters from the San Jacinto River and Lake Creek forced them to evacuate during the weekend.
Date: January 27, 1974, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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