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Well Drilling Apparatus.

Description: Patent for an improved well-drilling apparatus. Improvements made to bull wheel shaft and the sand reel and casing line shaft so they may be operated independently of each other while utilizing the same source of power.
Date: January 14, 1919
Creator: Thorniley, Clarence W. & Thorniley, Charles, D.
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Waterproof Car-Door.

Description: Patent for a freight car door of "strong, durable, and inexpensive construction which will be water and air tight, and which will be practically indestructible in case of a wreck" (lines 17-20) including illustrations.
Date: January 1, 1918
Creator: Atkinson, George C.
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Locomotive Drifting-Valve.

Description: Patent for locomotive drifting valves to admit saturated steam from the boiler to the steam chamber of the valve chest and cylinders while the locomotive is running with the main steam throttle closed.
Date: January 8, 1918
Creator: Meister, Alfred A.; Surles, John W. & Boyle, Edmund F.
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Lubricating Device.

Description: Patent for a new and improved lubricating device. This design consists of "[t]he combination, with the cross-head of an engine or other reciprocating part of machinery, and the guides or ways on which it works, of a reservoir for the lubricant, a wheel for taking up and applying the same to the friction-surface with which the wheel works in contact, and a spring for supporting the wheel" (para. 10). This design prevents dust and other pollutants from entering the reservoir.
Date: January 22, 1878
Creator: Walton, Franklin B.
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Water Elevator.

Description: Patent for a new and improved water elevator. This design "relates to improvements in water-elevators in which water is made to perform the operations heretofore performed by steam; and it consists in the construction and arrangement of parts . . . whereby the rarefaction of heated air is employed to raise or set in motion a continuous stream of water" (lines 14-21).
Date: January 25, 1881
Creator: Smith, William A. & Smith, Robert T.
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Machine for Stretching and Removing Fence Wires.

Description: Patent for a new and improved machine for stretching and removing fence wires. This design "is to provide a simple, effective, and inexpensive machine for stretching the wires of fences along the fence-posts, and straining the wires taut while they are being fastened to the posts, and also for removing the wires from the posts when required, as in removing or resetting a fence" (lines 8-14).
Date: January 8, 1884
Creator: Killough, John N.
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Water Gage.

Description: Patent for a new and improved water gauge. This design "consists in the arrangement of a chamber attached to the lower valve of an ordinary water-gage; and the object of [the] improvement is to prevent the foam and sentiment of steam-boilers from accumulating in the glass, stuffing-boxes, and valves of water-gages" (lines 8-14).
Date: January 20, 1885
Creator: Willis, Robert L.
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Windmill

Description: Patent for a windmill. Illustrations included.
Date: January 23, 1912
Creator: Moon, Richard D. & Horne, Henry J.
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Loose Leaf Binder

Description: Patent for a loose leaf binder. The invention consists of two adjustable sections in order to lengthen or shorten the post. Illustration included.
Date: January 28, 1913
Creator: Bickley, William P.
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Loose-Leaf Binder

Description: Patent for loose-leaf binders. A strong and easy way to attach or remove loose leaf papers from a flat book.
Date: January 4, 1906
Creator: Owen, Thomas
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Windmill

Description: Patent for "improvements in windmills." (lines 8-9) specifically a vertical windmill and includes five figures and an explanation of the device.
Date: January 15, 1901
Creator: Harris, Edwin
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Water-Wheel

Description: Patent for a water wheel adapted for use in running machinery such as pumps. It uses a series of connected buckets mounted to turn on an axle, alternately charging the buckets with water.
Date: January 30, 1912
Creator: Verde, Giuliano
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Windmill

Description: Patent for a new windmill design with improvement with breaking from the wind with new connections.
Date: January 21, 1902
Creator: Bird, Willie G.
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Magnetic Separator

Description: Patent for a magnetic separator for use in cotton and grain milling that removes all magnetic particles from the product.
Date: January 28, 1913
Creator: Preslar, John C.
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Wire - Fence Machine.

Description: Patent for a new and useful wire-fence machine. This design is to "provide a simple, compact, light, and comparatively inexpensive machine adapted to be transported with facility to enable a single operator to readily distribute" (line 10 - 13).
Date: January 25, 1898
Creator: Allen, John W.
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