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Texas Attorney General Opinion: WW-460

Description: Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Will Wilson, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: The authority of the Texas National Guard Armory Board to sell property located at Waco and Houston, Texas.
Date: June 23, 1958
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
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Insect-Powder Duster

Description: Patent for "a truck mounted upon wheels, to the reat end of which is adjusted a sifter that, as the machine is progressing, will have lateral reciprocating motion imparted thereto and eject powder through an attached meshed screen" (lines 10-15).
Date: April 23, 1889
Creator: Glover, Charles Bazel
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Well-Screen.

Description: Patent for a "well screen in which a maximum screening area is obtained without weakening the frame" (lines 11-13) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 23, 1918
Creator: Layne, Mahlon E.
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Tractor.

Description: Patent for improvements to the tractor with adjustable framework for the wheels (narrower or wider).
Date: March 23, 1920
Creator: Weaver, William S.
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Station-Indicator

Description: Patent for "an apparatus which will indicate to the passengers of railway or street cars when the car is approaching, standing at, or leaving a station, the station or street name, distance from the last station passed or to the next station, or any point upon the line that may be desired, and wherein all of the above data may be displayed simultaneously or any one or more items" (lines 10-18).
Date: October 23, 1888
Creator: Helland, Hans & Matzow, Frantz
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Propelling Mechanism For Bicycles.

Description: Patent for propelling mechanism for bicycles that allows any type of bicycle frame to have an improved and inexpensive added high speed mechanism, including illustrations.
Date: September 23, 1913
Creator: Meschkat, Wilhelm
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Mail Box Signal

Description: Patent for a mail box signal which is attached to a locking system on the mail box which prevents anyone from changing the signal without unlocking the box.
Date: August 23, 1910
Creator: Harmon, William E.
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Mud-Guard.

Description: Patent for a mud guard for bicycles, which can be folded out of the way when not in use.
Date: November 23, 1909
Creator: Chisholm, Walter J.
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Pump

Description: Patent for an improvement on the design of pumps used in the oil industry. This uses a combination of water, sand, grits, and other sediments for deep wells.
Date: April 23, 1920
Creator: Scott, Floyd L.
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Unscrewing Device for Pipe-Joints.

Description: Patent for an unscrewing device for pipe-joints, in the event that the drill stem gets stuck while drilling wells. This invention allows the user to unscrew "the joints of the drill stem" and withdraw "the same without the use of the left hand threaded string of pipe" (lines 35-38).
Date: March 23, 1920
Creator: Edwards, Charles R.
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Double Acting Pump

Description: Patent for a double action pump. "This invention relates to improvements in double-acting pumps; and its object is to provide a vertical double-acting pump in which provision is made for automatically exhausting the air from the upper portion of the piston-chamber" (line 11-16) illustration included.
Date: June 23, 1903
Creator: Hall, S. N.
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Gate-Latch.

Description: Patent for a gate-latch that latches closed with extension of the gate, but allows the gate to open by elevating said latch.
Date: November 23, 1920
Creator: Bramblett, Benjamin F.
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Rotary Boring-Drill.

Description: Patent for a rotary boring drill that will "provide a cutting surface for the cutter" (lines 20-21) for drilling wells, particularly "roller cutters of the cone type used in drilling rock of other hard formation." (lines 13-15)
Date: December 23, 1919
Creator: Hughes, Howard R.
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Show-Case

Description: Patent for a show case for cigars that easily opens and closes.
Date: July 23, 1912
Creator: Lobenstein, Mack L.
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Process of Treating Wood.

Description: Patent for less expensive chemical wood treatment that will not leach out, will make wood more durable, and preserve wood for multiple uses including marine construction.
Date: August 23, 1921
Creator: Chandler, Asa C. (Asa Crawford), 1891-1958
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Heating Frame for Lamps.

Description: Patent for a new and improved heating frame for lamps. This design seeks to "simplify and improve the adjustable supports for the top plate upon which the vessel [to be heated] is supported; secondly, to improve the construction of said top plate . . . allowing the warm air to circulate both under and around the vessel . . . thirdly, to construct and combine the top plate and a base-ring with the supporting-rods in a firm, durable, and efficient manner" (lines 27-38).
Date: May 23, 1882
Creator: Melvin, Josiah W.
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