Patent for a bicycle that is safer than other bicycles. It has compensating gearing so that "the variations in leverage in the various positions assumed by the pedal crank are equalized" (lines 12-13).

Patent for a water-elevator that elevates huge amounts of water for ranches and irrigating. The elevator "can be easily operated by the direct pull of a single animal, which passes and repasses the well during the operation of raising and lowering the well bucket, and by this means contemplates dispersing with the necessity of winding drums or windlasses and horse powers, which are usually employed in connection with water elevators" (lines 16-23).

Patent for a new and improved filter. This design is for "[a] filter consisting of sections secured together at their meeting edges by a lapped joint, the upper edge of [a] section being fitted wholly within [another] section and forming a shoulder for the support of a screen-plate, and the body of filtering material above, a shoulder on [a] section below [the] shoulder, and screen plates resting on and held to the shoulders by the weight of the body of filtering material, whereby, when the filter-sections are inverted, the [other] shoulder serves to support [the] screen and the filtering material above" (lines 45-56).

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, John Cornyn, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Conversion of the City of Socorro to home-rule status (RQ-0124-JC)

Patent for a system of attaching railroad rails when the rails are first placed. This device is used to keep the rails a precise distance apart before the railroad spikes are placed into the ground holding the rails firmly in place.

Patent for a combined street-car and air-brake coupling.

Patent for an annunciator. "This invention is designed for use in connection with a complete traction system" (lines 13-14). The design drives instruments via a train air system so that air pressure is constantly maintained. Illustrations included.

Patent for a car wheel made to ease turning on rounding corners and to prevent slipping due to differences in wheel sizes.

Patent for an electrical system which provides air brake, lighting, and signaling mechanisms for trains. Illustrations included.

Patent for trucks for railway-cars "of simple and durable construction the parts of which are connected together without the use of bolts" (lines 10-12).

Patent for an automatic multiple fuse block. This invention is "provided a normally inactive shunt circuit through which, when a fuse is blown, the current is diverted to an electro-mechanical means which, when the rush of current causing the fuse to blow" (16-21). Illustration included.

Patent for more efficient and durable pack-saddle (aparejo) used by United States Army. Casing involves hollow boot-sticks and rubber-encased steel, with better fitting to prevent fatigue of animal.

Patent for a yielding power coupling to connect power units in cars to form a complete system. Illustrations included.

Patent for a lock-nut which prevents the nut from accidentally rotating on the bolt, including illustrations. The nut is locked in position when a locking key is introduced to grooves on the lower surface of the nut and the adjacent face of the washer.

Patent for a process of treating leather that produces leather that is heavier and more durable for shoe soles by coating it in linseed oil and soaking it in a bath of Portland cement, borax, and water for at least 24 hours and then coating it with linseed oil a second time.

Patent for a ticket vending machine. Illustrations included.

Patent for split pulleys with interlocking parts that can be attached together without pulling the parts longitudinally.

Patent for a nut-lock for car wheels, which holds the wheel securely together.

Patent for an electromagnetic ore separator, which reduces the risk of any valuable particles falling with the waste mineral material below the magnetic surface.

Patent for a new and improved fishing reel that allows an angler to control the tension of the line when unwinding.

Patent for a reciprocating electric engine. Illustration included.

Patent for a railroad sleeping car with an improved mechanism for folding the seats into beds.

Patent for shears with a tension spring that don't require the use of a screwdriver to fix or adjust, last longer, keep the blades more even, and don't pinch one's hands while using them.

Patent for a pulp separator and classifying apparatus. Illustrations included.