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[News Clip: Train derailed at Forney]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a freight train derailing in Forney.
Date: July 4, 1957
Duration: 1 minute 13 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Vehicle.

Description: Patent for a new and improved horse carriage. This design calls for "the rider [to] press the treadles so as to hold the wheels in contact with the ground. When sufficient speed has been acquired the treadles are released, and the springs will then raise the wheels from contact with the ground, and the momentum will then be sufficient to keep the wheel erect. Should it be inclined to tilt, it may easily be righted by pressing either treadle so as to throw the wheel on the tilting side in contac… more
Date: July 10, 1883
Creator: Smith, James Franklin
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Luggage-Carrier.

Description: Patent for a luggage-carrier "particularly adapted for use in conjunction with motor cycles or similar wheeled vehicles" (lines 11-13) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 28, 1914
Creator: Howell, Edgar A.
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Tube-Cutter.

Description: Patent for a simple and inexpensive tube-cutter meant to cut boiler flues or tubes in order to remove or replace the tubes or flues. The tube cutter doesn't spread the tube and allows the tubes to be withdrawn through the holes after cutting them.
Date: July 2, 1895
Creator: Fitzpatrick, John James Kelsoe
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Manure-Spreader

Description: Patent for a manure spreader that can be connected to the back wheels of a farm wagon. Illustrations included.
Date: July 19, 1910
Creator: Echols, John D.
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Nut Lock

Description: Patent for a nut lock. Illustrations included.
Date: July 4, 1905
Creator: Slayton, Charles E. & Zellner, Daniel L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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