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[News Clip: Telescope]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about the making of a 41 inch telescope in Stephen F. Austin State University.
Date: November 14, 1984, 6:00 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 30 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Antiskidding Device

Description: Patent for an anti-skidding device to be used in tires and other traction wheels.
Date: September 16, 1919
Creator: Weatherly, W. G. & Weatherly, E. M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Windmill.

Description: Patent for improving windmills by attaching the vanes at angles that best match the wind's direction.
Date: February 12, 1918
Creator: Liles, Leander W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Timber-Jack.

Description: Patent for timber-jacks which are "particularly adapted for use for persons using cross-cut saws on large pieces of timber."
Date: April 6, 1915
Creator: Barret, James H. & Barret, J. H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Fish and Rat Trap

Description: Patent for fish and rat trap that can catch bait robbers as well as fish to reduce the nuisance for fishermen. The device contains a sensitive trigger release mechanism that can be activated under water at any point.
Date: July 11, 1916
Creator: Cotton, John W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Screw-cutting Die.

Description: Patent for a screw-cutting die, including illustrations. The invention includes "a die-plate of special construction, adapted to cut either right or left hand threads" (lines 12-13).
Date: February 6, 1883
Creator: Müller, Joseph
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Roller Bearing

Description: Patent for improvement on roller bearings that include spaced rings and multiple rollers.
Date: November 2, 1911
Creator: Tatum, Franklin M.
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Rivet-Set.

Description: Patent for an improvement in rivet-sets which having various sizes of holes and cavities for cutting and setting; it can be riveted by hand or machine. Illustration is included.
Date: February 10, 1891
Creator: Wilson, William A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Garden-Hoe Cultivator.

Description: Patent for "a combination garden hoe and cultivating implement ... which has a number of interchangeable working elements and ... can be quickly adjusted for use as a drill opener, solid sweep, hoe, or turning plow" (lines 12-20).
Date: July 24, 1917
Creator: Muckleroy, Allie B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Boll-Weevil Catcher.

Description: Patent for agricultural devices and more particularly to a device to be attached to a cultivator for catching boll weevil or the like, during the cultivation of cotton.
Date: October 19, 1920
Creator: Stanalan, William
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Crosscut Band-Saw.

Description: Patent for improvements in crosscut band-saws, in particular, a portable, power-driven crosscut band-saw used for lumbering wood. Designed with motor seated in light metal framework and intended to be operated by two persons. Meant for increased productivity through reduction in sawing time and ability to cut the tree within inches of the ground.
Date: January 14, 1919
Creator: Howland, Harry W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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