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Rook & Richards

Description: Business correspondence written on letterhead from the late 19th century. Letterhead includes decorative designs and business name, with text reading: "Dealers in Drugs, Medicines and Chemicals, Perfumery, Soaps, Brushes, Combs and Notions. Pure Wines and Liquors For Medicinal Purposes. Physicians' Prescriptions Carefully Compounded." Letterhead contains the names J. N. Rook; T. M. Richards.
Date: 1890
Partner: Texas General Land Office

Horse-Detacher.

Description: Patent for improvements in horse-detachers by engaging “straps or chains spring-actuated bolts to the free ends of the pivoted levers; and on the opposite ends of said levers hooks are attached for securing trace or tug straps.” (Lines 21-25) Illustration is included.
Date: March 8, 1898
Creator: Napier, John S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Seed-Planter.

Description: Patent for a seed planter. This device is designed to be attached to a lister plow. The seed dropping wheel can house a variety of different seeds.
Date: March 21, 1916
Creator: Klingler, Herman A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Seeding-Machine

Description: Patent for improvements to the hoe of the seeding machine "and attendant parts, and particularly to the means for guiding and adjusting the hoe and for guiding and adjusting the following-wheel" (lines 17-19).
Date: November 8, 1892
Creator: Kirkpatrick, George W. & Ralston, James B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Scale Beam.

Description: Patent for a scale beam with notches at different heights on the upper edge, so that weights may be adjusted in the dark or by the blind, and including illustration.
Date: January 24, 1893
Creator: Sevier, Moses Nimrod
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Hose-Coupling.

Description: Patent for a hose coupling that is tighter than previous ones and can withstand great pressure.
Date: March 8, 1910
Creator: Stephens, John H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Hose Coupling

Description: Patent for a hose coupling. This invention is designed to be used with flexible hosing that is damaged. Illustration included.
Date: July 19, 1910
Creator: Stephens, John H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Hose Coupling

Description: Patent for a hose coupling. This invention is designed for flexible tubing in need of repair. Illustration included.
Date: July 19, 1910
Creator: Stephens, John Hall
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Dirigible Lamp for Vehicles.

Description: Patent for a device to turn the head of lamps on an automobile or similar vehicle with the turning of the steering wheel. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 8, 1914
Creator: Baker, George R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Combined Computing Device and Weighing-Scale.

Description: Patent for "a simple, economical, and portable combined computing and weighing scale for ordinary use so simple in its operation that an illiterate person can manipulate it with as much facility as one trained to the practical use of more complicated devices" (lines 20-25).
Date: July 11, 1899
Creator: Stephens, John H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Combined Measure and Funnel.

Description: Patent for a combined measure and funnel that can be used to fill small-mouthed vessels. It can support itself and is adjustable in order to fit different sized vessels and has "a means for stopping the flow of liquid from the measure whenever so desired and to allow it to flow at will" (lines 26-28).
Date: November 1, 1892
Creator: Holt, Dudley T.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Combined Measure and Funnel.

Description: Patent for "a combined measure and funnel, the same being especially designed for dealing out molasses" (lines 13-15), including illustrations.
Date: June 8, 1897
Creator: Sevier, Moses Nimrod
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Corn-Heading Knife

Description: Patent for improvements in the cutting blades of corn-heading knives that are worn on the hands. Illustrations included.
Date: March 31, 1914
Creator: Owen, Melville D. & Owen, Leo
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Cabinet

Description: Patent for a phonograph cabinet which has specialized storage for records with a built in cataloging and record finding system composed of letters running horizontally across the cabinet and numbers on a sliding strip which when put together with a letter will indicate the position of the record.
Date: March 23, 1909
Creator: Keltz, Eugene
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Churn-Dash.

Description: Patent for new improvements to a churn dash, including two concentric rings joined by inclined wings with accompanying illustrations.
Date: May 10, 1898
Creator: Renfro, John R., Jr.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Baling-Press

Description: Patent for a hay baling press that uses less compressions per bale to lengthen the life of the press and speed up the process, requires less workers to attend to it, and is a more powerful baler than previous models. It also could be operated by horses or by a gas-motor.
Date: April 9, 1907
Creator: Carney, James A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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