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Automatic Repeating Railroad-Signal.
Patent for an automatic repeating railroad-signal designed to be used with semaphore and other train-signaling apparatus. It eliminates mistakes made in notifying the central office and automatically reports "any change in the position or color of the signal to a central office over the ordinary telegraph-wire" (lines 14-16). The signal is a wheel that operates a key to send a message to the central office.
Date:
January 28, 1896
Creator:
Innes, Robert Hayward
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling.
Patent for a car-coupling that has a "hollow draw-head provided with a horizontal chamber, a vertical pin-hole near the forward end of said chamber, and a slot in the lower part of said draw-head opening into said chamber, of a sliding latch mounted in said chamber and provided with a lip projecting beyond the outer end of said latch and curved downward as shown, and with a groove on the lower side of said latch, of a pivoted arm engaging in said groove, and a weight integral with said arm and wholly inclosed within said slot and adapted to move said sliding latch forward beneath the lower end of the pin when the latter is raised" (lines 5-18). A coupling pin is mounted in the pin-hole.
Date:
April 7, 1896
Creator:
Barry, Jefferson D.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Air-Hose Coupling and Stop-Valve.
Patent for a combined air-hose coupling and stop-valve. One must shut off the cut-off valve before the coupling can be disconnected. When the valve is closed, air pressure is balanced so the couplings can be safely disconnected, and prevents dirt from getting into the train-pipe.
Date:
August 18, 1896
Creator:
Heidelburg, Samuel R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling.
Patent for a pin-and-link car-coupling that allows "cars to be readily coupled and uncoupled without going between them, and by which a link may be readily guided into the mouth of a draw-head without necessitating a person going between the cars" (lines 11-16). It also has a durable link lifting or guiding device.
Date:
September 1, 1896
Creator:
Orr, Thomas J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Texarkana Gateway to Texas and the Southwest
This text gives an overview of the places and resources in Texas with an emphasis on the locations where the railroads run through the state. Indexes start on page 220.
Date:
1896
Creator:
Texas & Pacific Railway
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Locomotive-Pilot Coupling.
Patent for a locomotive-pilot coupling that can lift or elevate locomotive pilot or draw-bars, a cylinder that can turn in all directions depending on how the bars moves and is collecting to the motor fluid supply, a piston in the cylinder that connects the bar to the cylinder, a swinging jaw, and various other parts.
Date:
January 21, 1896
Creator:
Heidelberg, Samuel R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling.
Patent for an automatic car-coupling that is designed to be operated from either side of the car. The danger of an operator passing between cars to couple or uncouple the cars is avoided in this invention, and the coupling can be adapted to couple cars that have draw-bars to unequal height. The coupling can be manually operated if wished.
Date:
January 28, 1896
Creator:
Boyd, James S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Car-Switching System.
Patent for "a system of switching where the cars of a train are pushed up an incline and placed successively on an elevated annular revolving platform, by which they are automatically distributed to their respective receiving-tracks" (lines 9-14).
Date:
March 24, 1896
Creator:
Lelardoux, Pierre
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Journal of Proceedings of the Thirty-First Annual Session of the Northwest Texas Conference.: of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, held in Waxahachie, Texas, November 18-23, 1896.
Journal proceedings of Northwest Texas Conference include a list of members, committees, condensed minutes of the proceedings, resolutions, by-laws, memoirs, and statistical tables.
Date:
1896
Creator:
Methodist Episcopal Church, South.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
N. W. Ayer & Son's American Newspaper Annual: containing a Catalogue of American Newspapers, a List of All Newspapers of the United States and Canada, 1896
American Newspaper Annual contains lists of newspaper publications (listed by counties) with census information, natural features and chief products. Additional information includes how to obtain an estimate, list of abbreviations, and class publications. Index to Advertisements begins on page 1462.
Date:
1896
Creator:
N. W. Ayer & Son
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Galveston Daily News. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 55, No. 276, Ed. 1 Friday, December 25, 1896
Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
December 25, 1896
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Galveston Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 355, Ed. 1 Tuesday, November 17, 1896
Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
November 17, 1896
Creator:
Ousley, Clarence
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Galveston Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 14, Ed. 1 Friday, December 11, 1896
Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
December 11, 1896
Creator:
Ousley, Clarence
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Galveston Daily News. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 55, No. 62, Ed. 1 Monday, May 25, 1896
Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
May 25, 1896
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Galveston Daily News. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 54, No. 299, Ed. 1 Friday, January 17, 1896
Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
January 17, 1896
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Galveston Daily News. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 55, No. 73, Ed. 1 Friday, June 5, 1896
Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
June 5, 1896
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Galveston Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 208, Ed. 1 Tuesday, June 23, 1896
Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
June 23, 1896
Creator:
Ousley, Clarence
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oklahoma Champion. (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 21, Ed. 1 Friday, June 19, 1896
Weekly newspaper from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Territory that includes local, territorial, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
June 19, 1896
Creator:
Hudson, C. C.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The El Reno Herald. (El Reno, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 7, No. 46, Ed. 1 Friday, May 1, 1896
Weekly newspaper from El Reno, Oklahoma Territory that includes local, territorial, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
May 1, 1896
Creator:
Chapman, Shirley
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Galveston Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 61, Ed. 1 Monday, January 27, 1896
Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
January 27, 1896
Creator:
Ousley, Clarence
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
El Paso International Daily Times (El Paso, Tex.), Vol. SIXTEENTH YEAR, No. 45, Ed. 1 Friday, February 21, 1896
Daily newspaper from El Paso, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
February 21, 1896
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Galveston Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 57, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 23, 1896
Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
January 23, 1896
Creator:
Ousley, Clarence
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Galveston Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 189, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 4, 1896
Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
June 4, 1896
Creator:
Ousley, Clarence
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Galveston Daily News. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 55, No. 18, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 11, 1896
Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
April 11, 1896
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History