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Troupe Verbena. (Troupe [i.e. Troup], Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 5, Ed. 1 Friday, January 25, 1889
Weekly newspaper from Troupe, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
January 25, 1889
Creator:
Heard, J. M.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Steam-Engine
Patent for a steam engine, improving on the original design so as to "provide a steam-engine having few parts so as to avoid the use of eccentrics, slide-valve, valve-rod, piston and connecting rods, stuffing-boxes, and glands, thus increasing the actual power by decreasing the friction" (lines 26-31).
Date:
January 1, 1889
Creator:
Harpst, Edgar S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Radial Tube Boiler.
Patent for a new and improved boiler. This design "consist[s] of a horizontal steam reservoir, a vertical cylinder provided with radial tubes suspended therefrom and forming a steam-generating chamber, all supported by standards placed underneath said horizontal steam-reservoir and outside of the casing surrounding said steam-generating chamber, and the fire-box placed under said steam-generating chamber" (lines 67-75).
Date:
January 22, 1889
Creator:
Clarke, John & Savage, Robert W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History