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[The Famous Guffy Gas Well]

Description: Postcard of the wreckage of the rig after a gas blowout of the now famous Guffy Gas Well in Corpus Christi, Texas. At the bottom of the well there is a pile of wood with the gas erupting out. The caption on the image reads "The Famous Guffy Gas Well, Corpus Christi, Texas."
Date: 1915
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Partner: Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame

Map Showing Geologic Structure Near Henrietta, Clay County, Texas

Description: Map of a portion of Clay County noting land parcels and owners, major roads and railroad tracks, and bodies of water. Symbols are added designating where drilling has happened and what has been found, with contour marks added in red. Scale 1:48,000.
Date: 1915
Creator: Robinson, H. M. & Shaw, E. W. (Eugene Wesley), 1881-1935
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Map of the Petrolia Gas Field, Texas

Description: Map of a portion of Clay County noting land parcels and owners, major roads and railroad tracks, and bodies of water. Contour marks and designations for current or dry wells are added in red. Scale 1:18,000.
Date: 1915
Creator: Shaw, E. W. (Eugene Wesley), 1881-1935 & Robinson, H. M
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Map Showing Structure of Parts of Parts of the Area Between Wichita Valley Railway and Wichita River, in Clay County, Texas

Description: Map of a portion of Clay County noting land parcels and owners, major roads and railroad tracks, and bodies of water. Symbols are added designating existing and dry wells, with contour marks added in red. Scale 1:48,000.
Date: 1915
Creator: Shaw, E. W. (Eugene Wesley), 1881-1935 & Robinson, H. M.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Manufacture of Gasolene.

Description: Patent for the manufacture of gasoline. The product is used as a fuel for internal combustion engines.
Date: March 9, 1915
Creator: Bacon, Raymond F.; Brooks, Benjamin T. & Clark, Clinton W.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Oil-Tank.

Description: Patent for an oil tank with an improved design for extinguishing fires inside the tanks and a means for allowing the escape of exploded gases upon accidental ignition.
Date: February 9, 1915
Creator: Wasson, Edgar Allen & Cooley, Francis Marion
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Gas-Valve.

Description: Patent for improvement to gas valve "which is adapted to be used in connection with a water heater" (9, 11-12) including description and illustrations.
Date: October 12, 1915
Creator: Cochran, Harry A.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Roller Boring-Drill

Description: Patent for a roller boring drill in which "the cutting rollers are arranged on the drill in a novel manner." Object of invention is to keep the drill centered in the hole to prevent wobbling.
Date: March 2, 1915
Creator: Hughes, Howard R.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Oil-Burning Equipment for Locomotives.

Description: Patent for improved oil burning equipment for locomotives including illustrations and specifications. Improvements are made in the construction of the fire box for full use of the oil fuel.
Date: July 13, 1915
Creator: Gilman, Benoist P.
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Heater for Gaseous Fluids.

Description: Patent for "an attachment for use in connection with internal combustion engines whereby heavy oil...may be advantageously used as fuel" (lines 9-12) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 16, 1915
Creator: Anderau, Joseph Engelbert
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Oil-Burner.

Description: Patent for a device which effectively burns "kerosene, gasoline, naphtha or crude oil" (lines15-16) in a bunsen-burner fashion that is also easy to manufacture and cheap to maintain.
Date: July 20, 1915
Creator: Veach, Joshua H.
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Oil-Burner.

Description: Patent for an improved oil burner design "for use where high efficiency and greatest economy are desired in burning low grade oil" (lines 14-16), such as coal and crude oil. Includes illustrations.
Date: November 2, 1915
Creator: Wright, John F.
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Gas Generator and Burner.

Description: Patent for a "combined gas generator and burner" (lines 9-10) adapted for household heating and cooking purposes including instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 23, 1915
Creator: Hopper, James F.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Gage for Liquid-Containers.

Description: Patent for "new and useful improvements Gages for Liquid-Containers, of which the following is a specification" (lines 5-8). "This invention relates to new and useful improvements in gages and more particularly to a gage for receptacles containing liquids and the primary object is to provide a device of this character particularly adapted for use in connection with gasolene and oil tanks of automobiles" (lines 10-16).
Date: December 7, 1915
Creator: Reece, Eli Denton
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Gas Generator

Description: Patent for a gas generator that generates hydrocarbon gases. It is "to provide ample and efficient means for feeding gas making elements into the fillings or contents located in the generators and to distribute uniformly to all parts of a generator the elements fed into the generator and to provide efficient means for operating the feeding devices and to provide agitating devices working in combination with the feeding devices for agitating the fumes within the generator." (line 11-21)
Date: March 9, 1915
Creator: Tinsley, Waller P.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Revolving-Cutter Rotary Boring-Drill.

Description: Patent for an improved rotary boring drill, "particularly to drills of that type which are provided with cutters of a flat, circular plate shape" (lines 16-18), designed to reduce wear from repeated use.
Date: November 2, 1915
Creator: Reed, Clarence Edward
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Cutter for Rotary Boring-Drills.

Description: Patent for an improvement to Hughes' previously patented rotary cutter design for oil drilling equipment (no. 930,759, 1909), to increase the cutting surface area and durability of the cutter.
Date: June 15, 1915
Creator: Hughes, Howard R.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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