Clock-Winding Mechanism. (open access)

Clock-Winding Mechanism.

Patent for "an improved mechanism for the periodical automatic winding of clocks by water power, and has for its object to provide an apparatus that will be adapted to utilize the power afforded by the gravity of water discharged at regular intervals from a tank, which is in an elevated position and is supplied with water by rain fall or other means" (lines 8-16).
Date: September 26, 1893
Creator: Everhart, Martin
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Austin Weekly Statesman. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 23, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 7, 1893 (open access)

The Austin Weekly Statesman. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 23, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 7, 1893

Weekly newspaper from Austin, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: September 7, 1893
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Austin Weekly Statesman. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 23, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 14, 1893 (open access)

The Austin Weekly Statesman. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 23, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 14, 1893

Weekly newspaper from Austin, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: September 14, 1893
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Austin Weekly Statesman. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 23, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 21, 1893 (open access)

The Austin Weekly Statesman. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 23, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 21, 1893

Weekly newspaper from Austin, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: September 21, 1893
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Austin Weekly Statesman. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 23, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 28, 1893 (open access)

The Austin Weekly Statesman. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 23, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 28, 1893

Weekly newspaper from Austin, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: September 28, 1893
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Travis County Deed Records: Deed Record 128 (open access)

Travis County Deed Records: Deed Record 128

Recorded copies of Travis County deeds, conveyances, and other muniments of title affecting ownership to real estate from September 1893 to April 1895, including warranty deeds, gift deeds, partition deeds, guardian deeds, quitclaim deeds, royalty deeds, various types of affidavits, appointments and resignations of trustees, trust indentures, transfers of liens, conveyances of liens, assignments of liens, subordination of liens, various types of partial releases, leases, easements, contracts of sale, bills of sale, homestead designations, various types of agreements, powers of attorney, revocations of powers of attorney, restrictions, removals of disabilities (minor, coveture), certified copies of probate proceedings, certified copies of divorce decrees (when real property is divided), extensions, options, rental divisions, and amended restrictions. Specific information includes instrument number, kind of instrument, date and place of execution, names of parties involved, amounts of principal and interest (when applicable), description of property, signatures of parties, and notarization. Also includes recording certificate, showing date filed, date recorded, and signature of county clerk or deputy. Arranged chronologically by date recorded.
Date: 1893-09/1895-04
Creator: Travis County (Tex.). Clerk's Office.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Educational Appliance. (open access)

Educational Appliance.

Patent for an educational appliance that is meant to be used for teaching math mechanics and physics. It easily demonstrates principles of mechanics and physics that involve quantities.
Date: September 26, 1893
Creator: Macfarlane, Alexander
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History