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Car-Brake.
Patent for improvement to train brakes by using a car brake apparatus.
Date:
July 21, 1885
Creator:
Sledge, Clarence Linden
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Air Motor.
Patent for a new and improved air-motor. This design is of an "air-motor, consisting of an engine, single-acting air-pump, air-receiver, and the double-acting exhaust-pump, with the valves and connections . . . [and] the levers and segments" (lines 81-87).
Date:
July 21, 1885
Creator:
Koniakowsky, Alois M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Clock Striking Mechanism.
Patent for a new and improved clock-chimes. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the chime of bells in the clock case, of the wheel having the lateral pins, the rock-shaft, a lever extending from the rock-shaft and engaging the said pins, and the hammer arms respectively connected with the rock-shaft by the short arm" (lines 21-26).
Date:
September 22, 1885
Creator:
Witherspoon, Frank.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Irrigating Land.
Patent for a new and improved irrigation machine. This design "consists in an irrigating-pipe having lapped side joints and notches in the inner edges of the lapped joints. The invention also consists in the combination, with a tank, of a trough below it, tubes projecting from the trough, and irrigating-pipes connected with the said tubes" (lines 12-18).
Date:
November 17, 1885
Creator:
Briggs, Elias
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ant Trap.
Patent for a new and improved ant trap. This design consists "[i]n an ant-trap, the combination, with a trough formed with a top [that is] flanged . . . of a box connected thereto by a tube terminating in a disk . . . [and] of the connecting-tubes, box, and fence" (lines 62-68).
Date:
November 24, 1885
Creator:
Thompson, William Henderson
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus For Emptying Barrels Or Other Receptacles Containing Liquids.
Patent for a device to empty barrels and other receptacles containing liquids, including illustrations.
Date:
March 3, 1885
Creator:
Hudson, Benjamin Franklin
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bale Tie.
Patent for a new and improved bale tie. This design "consists of a buckle or tie consisting of a base-plate having one or more projections or hooks on its face, to one of which is permanently secured one end of the wire or band, while the other end is passed around the bale and secured to the opposite hook or projection" (lines 21-27).
Date:
March 31, 1885
Creator:
Tippit, James A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Band Cutter and Feeder for Thrashers.
Patent for a new and improved feeder and band cutter for thrashers. This design consists "[i]n a band-cutter for a thrasher, the combination with the main frame, main shaft, platforms, and mechanism adapted and arranged to cut the bands, of the crank, rod, oscillating shaft provided with the crank arms . . . reciprocating rod, and depending rod" (lines 38-44).
Date:
March 31, 1885
Creator:
Cook, Emmanuel Thomas
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Hoisting Bales on Wagons.
Patent for a new and improved bale hoister. This design "relates to apparatus for loading and unloading wagons, and it has for its object to provide an apparatus of this character which shall be cheap and simple in its construction, effective in its operation, strong and durable, an apparatus by the use of which a wagon may be quickly loaded and unloaded" (lines 9-15).
Date:
May 12, 1885
Creator:
Lamb, George Washington
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Lignites of the Great Sioux Reservation : a Report on the Region Between the Grand and Moreau Rivers Dakota
From introductory: Report of the survey party on the Great Sioux Reservation for determining any coal-beds of economic value.
Date:
1885
Creator:
Willis, Bailey
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
A Descriptive Catalogue of The Government Publications of the United States, September 5, 1774-March 4, 1881.
This catalog lists the books, pamphlets, and other documents published by the U. S. government between September 1774 and March 1881. The list is organized by date of publication and includes the title, date, short description, page counts, and relevant Congress sessions and persons related to each document.
Date:
1885
Creator:
Poore, Benjamin Perley, 1820-1887
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 1, Volume 13.
Records of the War of the Rebellion include copies of army correspondence (reports, letters, telegrams, and general orders) from both the Union and Confederate Armies discussing their operations. The first series contains formal reports which, according to the preface in Volume 1, will be arranged "according to the campaigns and several theaters of operations (in the chronological order of the events), and the Union reports of any event will, as a rule, be immediately followed by the Confederate accounts" (p. iii). Index starts on page 983.
Date:
1885
Creator:
United States. War Department.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 1, Volume 12, In Three Parts. Part 1, Reports.
Records of the War of the Rebellion include copies of army correspondence (reports, letters, telegrams, and general orders) from both the Union and Confederate Armies discussing their operations. The first series contains formal reports which, according to the preface in Volume 1, will be arranged "according to the campaigns and several theaters of operations (in the chronological order of the events), and the Union reports of any event will, as a rule, be immediately followed by the Confederate accounts" (p. iii). Index starts on page 819.
Date:
1885
Creator:
United States. War Department.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 1, Volume 12, In Three Parts. Part 3, Correspondence, etc.
Records of the War of the Rebellion include copies of army correspondence (reports, letters, telegrams, and general orders) from both the Union and Confederate Armies discussing their operations. The first series contains formal reports which, according to the preface in Volume 1, will be arranged "according to the campaigns and several theaters of operations (in the chronological order of the events), and the Union reports of any event will, as a rule, be immediately followed by the Confederate accounts" (p. iii). Index starts on page 967.
Date:
1885
Creator:
United States. War Department.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 1, Volume 14.
Records of the War of the Rebellion include copies of army correspondence (reports, letters, telegrams, and general orders) from both the Union and Confederate Armies discussing their operations. The first series contains formal reports which, according to the preface in Volume 1, will be arranged "according to the campaigns and several theaters of operations (in the chronological order of the events), and the Union reports of any event will, as a rule, be immediately followed by the Confederate accounts" (p. iii). Index starts on page 1027.
Date:
1885
Creator:
United States. War Department.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 1, Volume 12, In Three Parts. Part 2, Reports.
Records of the War of the Rebellion include copies of army correspondence (reports, letters, telegrams, and general orders) from both the Union and Confederate Armies discussing their operations. The first series contains formal reports which, according to the preface in Volume 1, will be arranged "according to the campaigns and several theaters of operations (in the chronological order of the events), and the Union reports of any event will, as a rule, be immediately followed by the Confederate accounts" (p. iii). Index starts on page 821.
Date:
1885
Creator:
United States. War Department.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bastrop Sheet
Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:125000
Date:
1885
Creator:
Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Taylor Sheet
Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:125000
Date:
1885
Creator:
Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
San Saba Sheet
Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:125000
Date:
1885
Creator:
Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Federal Reporter. Volume 24: Cases Argued and Determined in the Circuit and District Courts of the United States. July-October, 1885.
The Federal Reporter contains the text of decisions and commentary regarding cases tried in circuit and district courts throughout the United States. The opinions printed in the volumes include both written statements and oral comments transcribed for publication. Index of cases starts on page vii.
Date:
1885
Creator:
Desty, Robert.
Object Type:
Legislative Document
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Federal Reporter. Volume 22: Cases Argued and Determined in the Circuit and District Courts of the United States. December, 1884-March, 1885.
The Federal Reporter contains the text of decisions and commentary regarding cases tried in circuit and district courts throughout the United States. The opinions printed in the volumes include both written statements and oral comments transcribed for publication. Index of cases starts on page vii.
Date:
1885
Creator:
Desty, Robert.
Object Type:
Legislative Document
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Federal Reporter. Volume 23: Cases Argued and Determined in the Circuit and District Courts of the United States. March-June, 1885.
The Federal Reporter contains the text of decisions and commentary regarding cases tried in circuit and district courts throughout the United States. The opinions printed in the volumes include both written statements and oral comments transcribed for publication. Index of cases starts on page vii.
Date:
1885
Creator:
Desty, Robert.
Object Type:
Legislative Document
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Kettle Attachment.
Patent for a new and improved kettle attachment. This design "provides an attachment to be used with the kettle, whereby the "boiling over" of the material and the consequent running of the same down the sides of the said kettle are prevented. The material that would ordinarily flow over the sides of the kettle and waste is by the use of [a] device . . . saved, and any and all danger of fire from the overflowing sugar in candy manufacture is prevented" (lines 11-20).
Date:
February 17, 1885
Creator:
Lamme, William W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Insecticide Composition.
Patent for an insecticide to kill red ants and "other noxious insects" (line 9).
Date:
March 24, 1885
Creator:
Howard, Frank M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History