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[Letter from James J. Muro to Val Wilkie, September 10, 1987]

Description: Photocopy of a letter from James J. Muro, Vice President for Development, Office of Advancement, North Texas State University to Val Wilkie of the Sid W. Richardson Foundation. The letter is in regards to Wilkie, Muro and Rogers Redding discussing the Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science and the request for financial assistance from the Sid W. Richardson Foundation for $100,000 to be used for the expenditures associated with the Academy. The money will be used to increase the supply of tale… more
Date: September 10, 1987
Creator: Muro, James J.
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[Letter from James J. Muro to Val Wilkie, September 10, 1987]

Description: Photocopy of a letter from James J. Muro, Vice President for Development, Office of Advancement, North Texas State University to Val Wilkie of the Sid W. Richardson Foundation. The letter is in regards to Wilkie, Muro and Rogers Redding discussing the Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science and the request for financial assistance from the Sid W. Richardson Foundation for $100,000 to be used for the expenditures associated with the Academy. The money will be used to increase the supply of tale… more
Date: September 10, 1987
Creator: Muro, James J.
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Antifriction-Bearing.

Description: Patent for certain new and useful improvements in antifriction bearings for " the ends of the hub and means for eluding dust fro the bearings" (line 11 -13).
Date: May 10, 1898
Creator: Hobron, Charles B.
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Amusement Apparatus

Description: Patent for a fishing game for amusement parks which has a canal of liquid agitated to form a current with pictures of fish in it that when caught get the person fishing different prizes depending on the symbol they have on them.
Date: August 10, 1909
Creator: Pressey, Charles A.
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Air-Brake Governor

Description: Patent for an air brake governor improvement that regulates the pressure of fluid or air in the braking system as to prevent it from braking with too much pressure.
Date: July 10, 1906
Creator: Williams, Leonard F.
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Compress and Packer

Description: Patent for a device that provides improvements in machines for compressing, packing, and baling cotton, hay, straw, and the like; and the object is to provide a machine of this character operating automatically to form the bat as the material is received from the gin or condenser and folding the bat back and forth in even layers in the press, forming a complete and symmetrical bale (lines 9-17) Illustrations are included.
Date: June 10, 1902
Creator: Griffin, John B.
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Cattle-Stanchion.

Description: Patent for improvements in cattle-stanchions in “which the animal can be released from without its stall, so that the attendant will not have to enter such stall or be subjected to any of the inconveniences of dangers arising therefrom.” (Lines 13-17) Illustration is included.
Date: March 10, 1903
Creator: Garrett, Lee
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Apparatus for Controlling Trolley Poles

Description: Patent for an apparatus for controlling trolley poles. "This invention relates to an apparatus for controlling trolley poles employed for effecting electrical connection between a trolley wire and a motor on a car, and has for its object to provide improved means for automatically throwing the trolley into position to be placed in engagement with the trolley wire" (line 9-15). Illustrations included.
Date: November 10, 1903
Creator: Bogue, Judson L. & Jennings, David M.
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Clevis

Description: Patent for a clevis. This invention is designed to connect with gang plows allowing vertical and lateral movement. Illustration included.
Date: September 10, 1907
Creator: Barnett, George W.
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Compound Railway Rail

Description: Patent for a compound railway rail. This invention is comprised of separate tread and base parts. Illustration included.
Date: March 10, 1908
Creator: Finley, Alfred P.
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Bale-Band Fastening

Description: Patent for "a new and useful bale-band fastening or bale-tie for an object to provide a simple and efficient device for taking up a maximum amount of slack in the band with a minimum movement, while at the same time serving to tightly secure the band about the bale and preventing the same from loosening or the ends thereof from rending apart ." (lines 5-15) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 10, 1900
Creator: Campbell, Douglas M.
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[News Script: Chemists]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the annual convention of the American Chemical Society at the Statler-Hilton Hotel in Dallas.
Date: April 10, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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Cattle-Guard.

Description: Patent for a cattle guard that prevents cattle from blocking railroad tracks. It consists of sharp edged cross ties that sit on the bottom of a shallow pit, guard rails that cover the cross ties, bolts that hold the rails together, and end planks forming v-shaped serrations.
Date: October 10, 1893
Creator: Lynch, Michael L.
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Arc Lamp

Description: Patent for improvements arc lamps that "will be uninfluenced by the jar of the locomotive" (lines 17-19). Consisting of carbon-carriers rotated by clock-train.
Date: July 10, 1888
Creator: Gaston, E. James
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Animal Trap.

Description: Patent for a new and improved animal trap. This design consists in "the combination of the wire frame having the parallel base-arms, the coiled-springs, the upwardly-extending arms, and the downwardly-extending loop, the loop or ring on the bend and engaged portions of said wire, and the trigger-wire having the frontwardly-projecting point engaging said ring" (lines 80-87).
Date: July 10, 1888
Creator: Beversdorf, Louis, Jr.
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Combined Vegetable Slicer and Grater.

Description: Patent for a combined vegetable slicer and grater that consists of a main frame with vertical arms and bearings, a screw that attaches the arms to the frame, a shaft journaled with an annular flange into the bearings, a cylinder made of sheet metal that serves as knives, and spring tongues that regulate the thickness of the cut vegetables.
Date: July 10, 1894
Creator: Harpst, Edgar S.
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Anti-Oscillating Attachment for Street-Cars.

Description: Patent for an improved anti-oscillating attachment for street-cars. It has a car truck, equalizing pivoting bars secured between the truck ends, cushions on either side of the bars, adjustable bolts that hold the bars in place, and springs between the bolts.
Date: July 10, 1894
Creator: Chollar, Benjamin F.
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