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[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Chauncey D. Leake, November 23, 1951]

Description: Letter from I. H. Kempner to Chauncey D. Leake requesting suggestions for a report on the status of medical school legislation and appropriations for the Galveston Chamber of Commerce annual January issue of the Galveston Magazine. He asks for written suggestions within the next few days and mentions a desire to discuss another matter with Dr. Leake after his return to the city.
Date: November 23, 1951
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Partner: Rosenberg Library

Combination Pool and Billiard Table.

Description: Patent for a combination pool and billiard table. The table has plugs for the pockets, which can be used to convert the table from a pool to a billiard table. There is also a circular removable covering, which converts the table from a game table to an ordinary household table.
Date: July 23, 1918
Creator: Lee, Hoard
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[Letter from Rabbi Newton J. Friedman to I. H. Kempner, October 23, 1944]

Description: Letter from Rabbi Newton J. Friedman to I. H. Kempner explaining that he had not received a response from Mr. Florence about the Hillel Building Fund campaign. He also notes that Mr. Mose Feld has accepted the co-chairmanship for Houston and had asked Mr. S. H. Fagadau to represent his area of Texas. Finally, he explains that he will write to Harry Caplan to arrange a meeting at the Baker Hotel.
Date: October 23, 1944
Creator: Friedman, Newton J.
Partner: Rosenberg Library

Gear Shifting Mechanism for Harvesters.

Description: Patent for a new and improved gear-shifting mechanism for harvesters. This design "has reference more especially to a gear-shifting mechanism for a reciprocating conveyer in which a gear is engaged and automatically disengaged as the conveyer nears the end of its stubbleward movement" (lines 10-15). It consists, "with a bar provided with a guide having a slot and a depression in said slot, an antifriction roller on said guide, a block or track having a recess, a movable bearing pivoted to the h… more
Date: August 23, 1892
Creator: Schubert, George
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Baling-Press.

Description: Patent for a baling press that has a rebounding plunger and is meant to have "an effective and substantial tripping and catching mechanism, simple in construction, low of production, and durable and easy to trip" (lines 22-25).
Date: May 23, 1893
Creator: Schubert, George
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Cotton-Press

Description: Patent for an improved version of a cotton press that forms cylindrical bales.
Date: October 23, 1900
Creator: Bessonette, William T.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Pot-Cover.

Description: Patent for a pot cover with an expansible and contractible cover adapted to be assembled with a utensil of any desired sort. The pot cover provides movable parts (detachable handles) and a locking device for connecting and securing the movable parts of the pot cover.
Date: February 23, 1915
Creator: Nye, William C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Pump

Description: Patent for a pump and is designed to be of simple construction and production.
Date: June 23, 1903
Creator: Hall, Sam N.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Crude-Oil Burner.

Description: Patent for new and useful improvements in Crude-Oil Burners which provide a novel constructions that may be utilized in many locations.
Date: May 23, 1905
Creator: Pippin, John William
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Rail-Joint.

Description: Patent for improvements in rail-joint by providing “a fastening means for rail-joints adapted to embrace the bottom and top sides of the foot and the sides of the web of the rail and to extend along the underside of the head, so as to brace the joint vertically.” (Lines 16-31) Illustration is included.
Date: October 23, 1900
Creator: Boyd, Henry M. & Redmon, Hope
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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