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[Announcement of Simon's resignation from the Royal Arch Masons, 1868]
Papers of Alexander Simon. Announcement of Simon's resignation from the Royal Arch Masons.
Date:
December 31, 1868
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improved Method of Feathering the Sails of Vanes of Windmills.
Patent for a new windmill design with different sails and connections, including illustrations.
Date:
March 31, 1857
Creator:
Wilson, J. C. & Wilson, T. G.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Traction-Engines.
Patent for a traction engine "for running on common roads and rails, and to be used for drawing plows, and as a motive power generally" (lines 8-10) including illustrations.
Date:
July 31, 1877
Creator:
Walker, Leander
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Brick-Machines.
Patent for an improvement in brick-machines by which a new combination of construction materials is contrived.
Date:
July 31, 1876
Creator:
Michel, Ferdinand
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Chemical Fire-Extingusiher.
Patent for a chemical fire-extinguisher meant to "provide an improved acid-receptacle which will obviate the objects to the ordinary acid-bottles now in use" (lines 15-18).
Date:
December 31, 1896
Creator:
Flatau, Louis, S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Clothes-Pin.
Patent for a clothes pin made from spring metal that "automatically adapt[s] itself to lines of different thicknesses, and whereby the pin may be used to retain an exceedingly thin article in engagement with the line as effectually as an exceedingly thick article, the pin being capable of holding a bit of lace and likewise a heavy blanket or quilt" (lines 11-18). It is especially designed for use with metal clothes lines.
Date:
October 31, 1893
Creator:
Jones, George W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bustle.
Patent for a new and improved bustle. This design "consist[s] of a single piece of wire bent in spiral form, said bustle being larger in diameter at its center than at its ends, and eyes or loops formed in said ends, in combination with a spiral spring located within said bustle, the ends of said spring being formed with eyes or loops, and cords or tapes secured to the eyes of the bustle and spring" (lines 52-59).
Date:
March 31, 1885
Creator:
Davis, Charles Robert
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Weather Strip.
Patent for a new and improved weather strip. This design "is to provide a new and improved weather-strip, which is raised into a groove in the bottom of the door when the door is open, but is pressed down upon the sill when the door is closed. The invention consists in the combination and arrangement of parts" (lines 7-13).
Date:
July 31, 1883
Creator:
McCurdy, Thomas B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mechanical Attachment for Pianos and Organs
Patent for a "mechanical attachment for pianos and organs whereby and musical composition executed upon the instrument shall be automatically recorded upon a travelling strip or band or, if preferred, on the cylindrical surface of a revolving drum" (lines 10-15).
Date:
May 31, 1892
Creator:
Harriman, John Emery, Jr.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Nut Lock.
Patent for a new and improved nut-lock. This design "consists of a slide or continuous collar or ring, made of lead or other soft or compressible metal or material, having a hole so that it will fit or pass over the end of an ordinary bolt, and adapted to be pressed into the threads of the bolt and against the face of an ordinary nut by a suitable die" (lines 16-23).
Date:
August 31, 1886
Creator:
Shellenberger, Samuel L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stump-Puller.
Patent for a simple and effective stump puller that pulls stumps entirely from the ground using a large amount of force. The machine uses a series of pulleys, hooks, levers, and cranks.
Date:
October 31, 1893
Creator:
Rupe, Salathiel C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Suspended Rail-Joint.
Patent for a suspended rail-joint that improves on the anglebar railjoint. The improved design has the minimum amount of bolts, does not use railbolts, has a newly designed fastener, allowance for the rails to expand and contract, and adjustable guards against creeping.
Date:
July 31, 1894
Creator:
Lang, Otto H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Running Gear for Vehicles.
Patent for a new and improved running gear for vehicles. This design "has for its object . . . to dispense with the reach or pole, and while doing this to provide for or avoid interference with the normal action of the springs, and to render it applicable to vehicles already in use. To these ends [the] invention consists in the employment of braces adapted to be connected to and permit the springs to have the required movement, and also of additional braces arranged between the body support or frame and axles, having the one a slotted plate and the other a slotted bridge" (lines 15-27).
Date:
October 31, 1882
Creator:
Roberts, John William
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Southern Mercury. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 35, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 31, 1893
Weekly newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
August 31, 1893
Creator:
Park, Milton
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Southern Mercury. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 53, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 31, 1891
Weekly newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
December 31, 1891
Creator:
Park, Milton
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Southern Mercury (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 5, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 31, 1889
Weekly newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
January 31, 1889
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Southern Mercury, Texas Farmers' Alliance Advocate. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 44, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 31, 1889
Weekly newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
October 31, 1889
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Southern Mercury. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 44, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 31, 1895
Weekly newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
October 31, 1895
Creator:
Park, Milton
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Southern Mercury. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 5, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 31, 1895
Weekly newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
January 31, 1895
Creator:
Park, Milton
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Southern Mercury. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 53, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 31, 1896
Weekly newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
December 31, 1896
Creator:
Park, Milton
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Southern Mercury. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 22, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 31, 1894
Weekly newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
May 31, 1894
Creator:
Park, Milton
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Southern Mercury. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 13, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 31, 1892
Weekly newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
March 31, 1892
Creator:
Park, Milton
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Southern Mercury. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 13, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 31, 1898
Weekly newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
March 31, 1898
Creator:
Park, Milton
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Southern Mercury. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 35, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 31, 1899
Weekly newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
August 31, 1899
Creator:
Park, Milton
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History