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Air Ship. (open access)

Air Ship.

Patent for air ship design lifted by balloon with vertical adjustable sails. Accompanied with illustrations.
Date: November 23, 1886
Creator: Appling, Marby P.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Brenham Daily Banner. (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 179, Ed. 1 Tuesday, November 23, 1886 (open access)

Brenham Daily Banner. (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 179, Ed. 1 Tuesday, November 23, 1886

Daily newspaper from Brenham, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: November 23, 1886
Creator: Rankin, John G. & Levin
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Brick Machine. (open access)

Brick Machine.

Patent for a new and improved brick machine. This design consists in "a mold-wheel mounted to revolve in the horizontal plane and provided with mold-cavities, of a vertically-movable plunger in each cavity, a door for each cavity hinged on the top of the wheel, the hinge plate or lug attached to the mold-wheel being slotted to allow a vertical movement of the hinge-pin, a curved arm pivoted over the top of the mold-wheel and extending over part of the same, and a spring acting on the swinging end of said curved arm" (lines 80-90).
Date: November 23, 1886
Creator: Thaison, William
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator. (open access)

Cultivator.

Patent for a new and improved cultivator. This design "is to provide an improved cultivator which can be very quickly and easily adjusted to adapt the device for marking out or laying off the roads or hills; to provide improved means whereby the shovels or blades are caused to always occupy the same relative position to each other, and adjust themselves when the beams of the harrow or cultivator are adjusted, and finally, to provide improved means for adjusting the shovels at any desired angle, so that they can enter or penetrate the soil to different depths" (lines 14-25).
Date: November 23, 1886
Creator: Sutton, James Macaulay
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Dallas Herald. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 272, Ed. 1 Tuesday, November 23, 1886 (open access)

The Dallas Herald. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 272, Ed. 1 Tuesday, November 23, 1886

Daily newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: November 23, 1886
Creator: Gilbert, C. E. & Foster, L. L.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dinner Bucket. (open access)

Dinner Bucket.

Patent for a new and improved lunch bucket. This design consists in a "base-plate having sleeves upon two of its opposite edges, two rectangular-shaped bails secured at one end in said sleeves, the upper ends of each of said bails being bent inward or toward each other, the upper end of one of said bails being shorter than the other and bent slightly upward, and means for securing the upper ends of said bails together" (lines 1-8).
Date: November 23, 1886
Creator: Lederle, Edward Emil
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Evening Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 67, Ed. 1 Tuesday, November 23, 1886 (open access)

Evening Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 67, Ed. 1 Tuesday, November 23, 1886

Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: November 23, 1886
Creator: Burson, J. W.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fastener for Plow Points. (open access)

Fastener for Plow Points.

Patent for a new and improved fastener for plow joints. This design consists in a plow-body, as well as "a hook upon its under side, a lever pivotally secured to the under side of the mold-board, a spring secured to the standard, and a link secured to the free end of said spring and engaging with the rear end of said lever" (lines 1-6).
Date: November 23, 1886
Creator: Brown, George Thomas
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fort Worth Daily Gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 116, Ed. 1, Tuesday, November 23, 1886 (open access)

Fort Worth Daily Gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 116, Ed. 1, Tuesday, November 23, 1886

Daily newspaper from Fort Worth, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: November 23, 1886
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Freie Presse für Texas. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 1382, Ed. 1 Tuesday, November 23, 1886 (open access)

Freie Presse für Texas. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 1382, Ed. 1 Tuesday, November 23, 1886

Daily German-language newspaper from San Antonio, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: November 23, 1886
Creator: Hanschke, Robert
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fruit Picker. (open access)

Fruit Picker.

Patent for a new and improved fruit picker. This design consists in "two bags or receptacles [which] are secured upon an endless chain or cord, which passes over a pulley at the top of the pole of the picker and under a pulley near the lower end of the pole, so that the weight of one fruit picked and received in the bag will draw the other bag upward ready to receive another fruit, while the fruit in the descended bag may be removed from the said bag, which will thus be ready to ascend, when another fruit is picked" (lines 24-34).
Date: November 23, 1886
Creator: Arnold, Hudson H. C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Galveston Daily News. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 45, No. 211, Ed. 1 Tuesday, November 23, 1886 (open access)

The Galveston Daily News. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 45, No. 211, Ed. 1 Tuesday, November 23, 1886

Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: November 23, 1886
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Kneading Machine. (open access)

Kneading Machine.

Patent for a new and improved kneading machine. This design consists in "the elevated upright rollers having grooves near their lower ends, of the tray or receptacle having the surrounding ring or track entering the said grooves of said rollers and supporting said tray in an elevated position" (lines 73-78).
Date: November 23, 1886
Creator: Hughes, James F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Nail Receptacle. (open access)

Nail Receptacle.

Patent for a new and improved nail receptacle. This design consists in "a carrying-frame having a cross-beam provided with a rack, in combination with a swinging receptacle journaled in the frame and having enlarged rear end normally resting against the beam to elevate the discharge end thereof, and a detaining bar or rod pivoted to the under side of and carried by the swinging receptacle, and having a projecting lip adapted to engage the rack and retain the receptacle in its adjusted position" (lines 38-48).
Date: November 23, 1886
Creator: Mathews, William
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Nut-Cracking Machine. (open access)

Nut-Cracking Machine.

Patent for a machine that helps crack and break down nuts for processing, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: November 23, 1886
Creator: Koerber, Rudolph C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
El Paso Times. (El Paso, Tex.), Vol. Sixth Year, No. 280, Ed. 1 Tuesday, November 23, 1886 (open access)

El Paso Times. (El Paso, Tex.), Vol. Sixth Year, No. 280, Ed. 1 Tuesday, November 23, 1886

Daily newspaper from El Paso, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: November 23, 1886
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
San Antonio Daily Light (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 344, Ed. 1, Tuesday, November 23, 1886 (open access)

San Antonio Daily Light (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 344, Ed. 1, Tuesday, November 23, 1886

Daily newspaper from San Antonio, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: November 23, 1886
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History