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Base Ball Game.

Description: Patent for a new and improved board game. This design "consists of a game-board marked out to represent a baseball field and provided with a series of marked depressions and a number of baffle-pins, guideways, or gutters being arranged in either side of the board, and a back-stop being arranged at the upper end of the board, provision being made for imparting a proper inclination to the board and for the propulsion of marbles through the gutters or troughs" (lines 13-22).
Date: June 3, 1890
Creator: Maxcy, John Wharton
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Windmill.

Description: Patent for windmills by making them self-regulating and "it consists in the construction and arrangement of devices whereby the force of the wind is made to move the wind-wheel and crank-shift backward and turn the vane, and also in the devices for turning the vane at will" (lines 14-18).
Date: February 3, 1880
Creator: Tevis, James H.
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Tire-Protector.

Description: Patent for a flexible metallic tire protector, insuring a tire against injury from tacks, nails, glass, or similar objects which can cut or damage an unprotected tire, designed to be durable, efficient, and easy to construct.
Date: October 3, 1916
Creator: Howard, Joseph O.
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Tobacco-Pipe.

Description: Patent for a new tobacco pipe capable of trapping nicotine in a removable bowl to facilitate the cleaning process. The pipe also includes a trap for saliva that prevents any saliva from returning to the smoker's mouth regardless of pipe angle. The pipe is manufactured with minimal parts reducing need for repair.
Date: February 3, 1920
Creator: Gerhard, William Henry.
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Oil-Cup

Description: Patent for the improvement in oil cups adapted for jewelers' use.
Date: September 3, 1918
Creator: Parks, James W.
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Generating Oil-Burner.

Description: Patent for improvements in “generating oil-burners” by connecting a combination of tubes, pipes and casings to direct and regulate the oil flows to the burner. It can also control the amount of steam to be discharged to properly effect the burning of the oil. Illustration is included.
Date: March 3, 1903
Creator: Spiller, Philip Samuel
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Stringed Instrument

Description: Patent for "an instrument that may be conveniently supported upon the lap of the player without any supporting-bands, that is of unique and handsome appearance, that is strong and durable, not liable to be injured by ordinary falls, in which the bridge is secure, the neck properly braced, and to give to the body such shape as will increase its resonance, while at the same time preserving the musical sweetness inherent in instruments of this class" (lines 13-22).
Date: May 3, 1892
Creator: Ganss, Albert
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Identification-Tag

Description: Patent for metal identification tags with imprinted indicia to keep records of something. The tags are used on bale ties and will replace paper tags due to flammability.
Date: September 3, 1918
Creator: Luthy, Joseph Anton
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Head or Tail Light for Automobiles.

Description: Patent for head or tail light for automobiles with adaptations of optical signaling and lighting devices used to make the vehicle and its intended change of drive direction and other traffic signals visible at night. This design also includes indicia, or specific distinguishing marks noting right and left turns.
Date: June 3, 1919
Creator: Heartsill, Isaac Newton.
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Door Check.

Description: Patent for a new and improved door check. This design consists in "the combination, with a wheel provided with annular offsets and journaled in a movable bearing, the brake, and the spring, of the sheath provided with vertical grooves for the U-shaped bearing" (lines 54-58).
Date: July 3, 1888
Creator: Bachman, Joseph A.
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Ditching-Machine.

Description: Patent for a certain new, useful, and valuable improvement in ditching machines for cutting ditches.
Date: May 3, 1898
Creator: Dillahay, John G.
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