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Apparatus for Protecting Electrical Circuits.
Patent for an apparatus for protecting electrical circuits, and is an improvement on a previous patent (No. 537,932) issued to the inventor. This patent consists of "an electrical circuit, an alarm or indicator, a continuously-operating signal-transmitter at the protected structure operating to affect or influence the alarm or indicator, and a second or duplicate continuously-operating signal-transmitter located at the watchman's station, operating in unison with the first-named signal-transmitter to affect the alarm or indicator equally and oppositely as regards the first-named transmitter, whereby a signal is sounded or an alarm given only when the two transmitters are out of unison or when one is changed, varied, or interfered with in an unauthorized manner" (lines 72-86).
Date:
January 7, 1896
Creator:
Oram, John M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Awning-Bracket.
Patent for a rigid, strong, and adjustable to different inclinations awning-bracket meant to be permanently attached to a building. It can be folded for shipment or storage.
Date:
January 14, 1896
Creator:
Harry, Owen K.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Baby Anson Holley]
Photograph of Anson Holley as an infant. He wears a white garment trimmed with lace.
Date:
1896~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Calendar.
Patent for "a perpetual calendar embodying such a construction that the movement of a finger device will turn wheels, so as to successively display the names of the days of the week, the numbers of the days of the months, and the names of the months, the mechanism being such that the name of a month will be displayed until the numbers of all its days have been displayed, when the name of the succeeding month will be displayed, and so on." (Lines 13-22) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
September 22, 1896
Creator:
Dickason, Frank B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Shading Adjuster.
Patent for a car-shade adjuster in passenger-coaches of street-cars that allows shades to "be raised or lowered at will and held firmly in any desired position" (lines 18-19). It is set in tracks in the window frame, held in place by springs, and bearings to keep friction between the shade-roller and track.
Date:
July 28, 1896
Creator:
Smith, Earl W.
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
Cotton-Elevator and Gin-Feeder.
Patent for an inexpensive cotton-elevator and gin-feeder that is easy to assemble and have removable screens and suspended chutes and feeders. Suction draws the cotton through the distributing trunk, and gravity drops the cotton into a gin. These concepts are also outlined in the inventor's previous patents, Nos 472,607 and 488,446.
Date:
May 26, 1896
Creator:
Murray, Stephen A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Gin.
Patent for a cotton gin that removes lint-cotton from the saws using an air-suction mechanism instead of a brush, which pose a fire hazard and can impair the gin's effectiveness. An air-blast mechanism is also an ineffective method of cleaning lint-cotton from the saws. The air-suction mechanism sucks "the lint-cotton directly from the rear portions of the saw-teeth independently of and without a brush, and an apparatus for preventing the withdrawn lint-cotton from passing into and through the air-suction apparatus" (lines 84-89).
Date:
September 29, 1896
Creator:
Graber, Henry W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Current-Controler or Rheostat.
Patent for an electric-current control or rheostat to be used when a "close, accurate, and absolute graduation of the current is necessary" (lines 15-16), in places "where a very delicate graduation is necessary either in passing the plain galvanic current or where the current is used for producing anesthesia" (lines 19-21).
Date:
December 29, 1896
Creator:
Werner, Ernest Emil
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dallas County Probate Case 208: Garvin, Catherine (Deceased)
Dallas County probate record regarding the case of Garvin, Catherine (died January 12, 1897) and J.S. Garvin (Executor or Guardian). Contains the same material as case 62.
Date:
1896-05-06/1897-03-05
Creator:
Dallas County (Tex.)
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dallas County Probate Case 547: Read, Jesse E. (Minor)
Dallas County probate record regarding the case of Read, Jesse E. (Minor) and Jas. Lloyd (Executor or Guardian)
Date:
1896-05-06/1897-03-05
Creator:
Dallas County (Tex.)
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dallas County Probate Case 591: Sauge, Henri (Deceased)
Dallas County probate record regarding the case of Sauge, Henri (died January 12, 1897) and A. Gohenaut (Executor or Guardian)
Date:
1896-05-06/1897-03-05
Creator:
Dallas County (Tex.)
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dallas County Probate Case 1651: Aunspaugh, R.P. (Deceased)
Dallas County probate record regarding the case of Aunspaugh, R.P. (died February 8, 1896) and Sona T. Aunspaugh (Executor or Guardian)
Date:
1896-02-08/1897-01-20
Creator:
Dallas County (Tex.)
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dallas County Probate Case 1658: Bessard, Marc Jean (Deceased)
Dallas County probate record regarding the case of Bessard, Marc Jean (died February 5, 1896) and Adolph Bessard (Executor or Guardian)
Date:
1896-02-05/1897-07-12
Creator:
Dallas County (Tex.)
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dallas County Probate Case 1673: Carter, Beatrice (Minor)
Dallas County probate record regarding the case of Carter, Beatrice (Minor) and W.L. Hall (Executor or Guardian)
Date:
1896-04-21/1897-08-29
Creator:
Dallas County (Tex.)
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dallas County Probate Case 1677: Guillot, Mary (Deceased)
Dallas County probate record regarding the case of Guillot, Mary (died May 30, 1896) and J.B. Adoue, et al (Executor or Guardian)
Date:
1896-05-26/1897-01-09
Creator:
Dallas County (Tex.)
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dallas County Probate Case 1697: Loeb, Eugina & Laura (Minors)
Dallas County probate record regarding the case of Loeb, Eugina & Laura (Minors) and Arm & Loeb (Executor or Guardian)
Date:
1896-02-10/1896-07-18
Creator:
Dallas County (Tex.)
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dallas County Probate Case 1734: Chenault, Jno. (Deceased)
Dallas County probate record regarding the case of Chenault, Jno. (died December 15, 1896) and C.E. Chenault (Executor or Guardian)
Date:
1896-12-15/1896-12-19
Creator:
Dallas County (Tex.)
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dallas County Probate Case 1741: Gross, G.B. (Deceased)
Dallas County probate record regarding the case of Gross, G.B. (died September 13, 1896) and Mollie R. Gross (Executor or Guardian)
Date:
1896-09-07/1896-11-14
Creator:
Dallas County (Tex.)
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dallas County Probate Case 1772: Howland, Hattie (Deceased)
Dallas County probate record regarding the case of Howland, Hattie (died April 17, 1896) and O.J. Howland (Executor or Guardian).
Date:
1896-04-17/1896-06-29
Creator:
Dallas County (Tex.)
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dallas County Probate Case 1773: Johnston, Sarah E. (Deceased)
Dallas County probate record regarding the case of Johnston, Sarah E. (died January 5. 1897) and W.K. Homan (Executor or Guardian).
Date:
1896-12-07/1897-03-29
Creator:
Dallas County (Tex.)
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dallas County Probate Case 1779: Martyn, Ida N. (Deceased)
Dallas County probate record regarding the case of Martyn, Ida N. (died July 11, 1896) and H.J. Martyn (Executor or Guardian)
Date:
1896-07-11/1897-08-20
Creator:
Dallas County (Tex.)
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dallas County Probate Case 1785: Newsom, Gladys (Minor)
Dallas County probate record regarding the case of Newsom, Gladys (Minor) and Lillian Newsom (Executor or Guardian)
Date:
1896-06-19/1897-10-14
Creator:
Dallas County (Tex.)
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dallas County Probate Case 1786: Nix, Alanzo & Wyatt (Minors)
Dallas County probate record regarding the case of Nix, Alanzo & Wyatt (Minors) and G.C. Fahin (Executor or Guardian)
Date:
1896-02-22/1899-05-11
Creator:
Dallas County (Tex.)
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History