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Combined Blacking Brush and Blacking Box Holder.

Description: Patent for a new and improved combination blacking brush and blacking box holder. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with a blacking brush, of a swinging frame held on the back of the brush, and of devices for holding a blacking-box loosely, so as to be adapted to be rotated in the said swinging frame" (lines 82-86).
Date: April 3, 1883
Creator: Wood, Edmund Lorenzo
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Combination Tool.

Description: Patent for a new and improved multi-tool. This design "consists of a tool having a staple-holder, a driver, a chisel, a vise attachment, and a detachable driver adapted to be used with the vise to splice the ends of the wire in building wire fences, in which the tool is used for driving staples, cutting the wire, and splicing the wire, the several devices forming a combination-tool disposed for convenient use upon a stock or holder" (lines 9-17).
Date: March 3, 1885
Creator: Archer, Roger Williams
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Cloth Measuring Reel.

Description: Patent for a new and improved cloth-measuring wheel. This design "consists in the peculiar combination and arrangement of the cutting-board with two standards, whereby the said cutting-board is made to act as a sufficient brace for the frame, as well as to perform the offices of a cutting board. The invention also consists in means for producing a variable tension on the cloth as it passes from the roll to the reel, whereby the tendency of different thicknesses of cloth to wind the cloth in gre… more
Date: January 3, 1882
Creator: Peters, James H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Adjustable Fire Guard and Screen.

Description: Patent for a new and improved fireplace screen. This design "is to provide a simple and efficient device which may be suspended in front of open fireplaces or grates for the purpose of preventing the frequent and sometimes fatal accidents which are directly due to the absence of reliable safe-guards. The invention consists of a series of shields or plates of suitable size and material, which are so connected that when not in use they may be easily drawn upward in succession side by side and com… more
Date: May 3, 1892
Creator: Gibson, Nathaniel B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Coffin.

Description: Patent for "a coffin of improved construction and composition, to so construct the same as to render it impervious to the action of water or moisture, and to render said coffin strong and durable and admit of the same being produced in a neat and ornamental form." (Lines 10-15) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 3, 1896
Creator: Handshy, Henry M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Combination-Flue

Description: Patent for a flue which will not crack and open, due to settling or to transverse strain. Also to provide means whereby the flue may be supported from the joists of a ceiling, against settling.
Date: February 3, 1914
Creator: Carl, Reinhold Adolph
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Gus J. Strauss, March 3, 1951]

Description: Letter from I. H. Kempner to Gus J. Strauss expresses regret that Strauss could not attend the inspection of the Medical School due to illness in his family. He notes the significant improvements made over the past two years and warns against the damage that could result from inadequate appropriations. He compares insufficient funding to buying a Cadillac and equipping it with defective tires. He highlights the rigorous training and high standards of the Medical School and urges Strauss to con… more
Date: March 3, 1951
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Partner: Rosenberg Library

[Letter from William M. Nathan to I. H. Kempner and Rabbi Newton J. Friedman, March 3, 1945]

Description: Letter from William M. Nathan to I. H. Kempner and Rabbi Newton J. Friedman discussing his recent trip to Dallas where he spoke at a B'nai B'rith Day and addressed a small group of the Dallas B'nai B'rith to solicit donations for the Hillel fund at the University of Texas. He also mentions a meeting with George L. Dahl, the Hillel Building architect, to discuss certain features to be incorporated into the building. Last, he states that many people have mentioned a March 10th meeting in Galvesto… more
Date: March 3, 1945
Creator: Nathan, William M.
Partner: Rosenberg Library

[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Pat Bullock, March 3, 1951]

Description: Letter from I. H. Kempner to Pat Bullock expressing regret that Bullock could not attend the inspection of the Medical School due to illness in his family. He notes the significant improvements made over the past two years and warns against the damage that could result from inadequate appropriations. He compares insufficient funding to buying a Cadillac and equipping it with defective tires. He highlights the rigorous training and high standards of the Medical School and urges Bullock to consid… more
Date: March 3, 1951
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Partner: Rosenberg Library

Acetylene-Gas Generator.

Description: Patent for "an improved apparatus for generating acetylene gas" (lines 12-13). The apparatus includes a carbid receptacle with a conical bottom and a cylindrical valve for better control of the carbid, as well as a gas tank with a gasometer-bell which operates the system.
Date: December 3, 1918
Creator: Lay, Claud
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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