Station-Indicator (open access)

Station-Indicator

Patent for "an apparatus which will indicate to the passengers of railway or street cars when the car is approaching, standing at, or leaving a station, the station or street name, distance from the last station passed or to the next station, or any point upon the line that may be desired, and wherein all of the above data may be displayed simultaneously or any one or more items" (lines 10-18).
Date: October 23, 1888
Creator: Helland, Hans & Matzow, Frantz
System: The Portal to Texas History
Spark-Arrester (open access)

Spark-Arrester

Patent for "spark-arresters of that type in which the sparks are extinguished by water contained in a suitable receptacle forming part of the apparatus" (lines 22-25).
Date: October 23, 1888
Creator: Smith, James Henry
System: The Portal to Texas History
Motor (open access)

Motor

Patent for improvements in the construction and design of motors.
Date: October 23, 1888
Creator: Haley, William Louis
System: The Portal to Texas History
Show-Case (open access)

Show-Case

Patent for novel improvements in the construction and design of show cases.
Date: October 23, 1888
Creator: McNeil, Alexander
System: The Portal to Texas History