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Spark-Arrester.

Description: Patent for the "construction of a spark-arrester adapted to the smoke-stack of any locomotive" (lines 12-13) detailing a new and better combination and arrangement of plates and screens.
Date: February 10, 1880
Creator: Wiggin, John E.
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Spark-Arrester.

Description: Patent for concepts and designs used to improve performance of Spark-Arresters used in the smoke stacks of locomotives with illustrations and instructions.
Date: April 6, 1880
Creator: Wiggin, John E.
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Stencil-Brush

Description: Patent for a self-inking stencil-brush
Date: December 30, 1880
Creator: Lotherington, Thomas Turner
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Brick-Machine

Description: Patent for "that class of brick-machines usually termed 'dry-press machines,' in which clay is taken from the bank and passed into molds in a revolving wheel" (lines 15-19) and "consists more particularly in the construction of details and combination of parts" (lines 23-25) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: June 15, 1880
Creator: Johnson, Richard M.
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Apparatus for Retailing Shot.

Description: Patent for a new and improved round dispenser. This design "consists in a receptacle or multiple bin the several compartments of which are provided with valves controlling exit-openings, whereby any desired quantity of shot, descending by gravity from the appropriate compartment, may be directed into the scale-pan of a scale without the necessity of lifting the receptacle or bin or any part of its contents" (lines 35-43).
Date: September 21, 1880
Creator: Stokes, Micajah
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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