Chimney-Cowl. (open access)

Chimney-Cowl.

Patent for improvements in chimney-cowls by providing a “self-operating smoke-conductor especially adapted for use in all windy climates, to be placed over the discharge-opening of the flues.” (Lines 10-13) So that a “smoke-conductor can be automatically reversed or turned by the wind in any and all directions” (15-18) to carry the smoke away. Illustration is included.
Date: September 1, 1891
Creator: Gardner, Perris W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Gainesville Daily Hesperian. (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 280, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 1, 1891 (open access)

The Gainesville Daily Hesperian. (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 280, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 1, 1891

Daily newspaper from Gainesville, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: September 1, 1891
Creator: Roberts, W. T.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History