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Artesian Well Borer.

Description: Patent for a new and improved artesian-well borer. This design "will be actuated by the weight of the connecting-rods and sink-wells in rock, gravel, earth, or sand without the use of water" (lines 13-16). It consists "[i]n an earth or rock auger, the combination, with a tube and a shank reciprocating in said tube and adapted to operate the auger, of dogs adapted to be projected through the tube by the reciprocation of the shank to engage the well-casing and hold the said tube from rotary movem… more
Date: January 20, 1891
Creator: Logan, Thomas H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Preston Shirley, January 20, 1965]

Description: Letter from I. H. Kempner to Preston Shirley acknowledging receipt of Shirley's letter from January 19, which included a certificate of appointment to the Medical Complex Committee for 1965. He reiterates that he previously informed Mr. Hunter of his willingness to contribute to the committee despite concerns that his physical condition might limit his activities.
Date: January 20, 1965
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Partner: Rosenberg Library

Conflagration Arrester.

Description: Patent for a new and improved conflagration arrester. This design "is to provide a device by which the sides of a building adjacent to other buildings on fire may be protected by a uniform continuous sheet of water covering the sides of such building" (lines 9-13). It consists in "the combination of a series of inclined arms provided with eyes at their outer ends and having hooks to engage the side of a building, a shelf or deflector, and a rod so connecting the latter pivotally with the eyes o… more
Date: January 20, 1891
Creator: Puckett, Florence N.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Cloth-Measuring Machine.

Description: Patent for a cloth cleaning machine to "furnish bagging-reels, so constructed that the bagging can be conveniently unwound from the roll, measured automatically, and again wound into a roll" (lines 13-17).
Date: January 20, 1880
Creator: Dodson, Orson W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Combination-Flue.

Description: Patent for the improvement of combination flue to be more inexpensive and for the parts to be more readily assembled and properly supported.
Date: January 20, 1920
Creator: Carl, Reinhold Adolph
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Antifreezing Appliance for Water-Pipes.

Description: Patent for anti-freezing appliance for water supply and drain pipes of residences and buildings. The object is provide a device connected with the main and service lines of a hours supply water system for the purpose of avoiding interfering with the operation of the service.
Date: January 20, 1920
Creator: Davis, Thomas A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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