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Rotary-Engine.
Patent for a new and improved rotary engine. This design consists "of a wheel provided with radially-sliding pistons and revolving within a fixed circumferential steam-chest, and having fixed on its axle an eccentric and spring, that operate to throw the pistons or floats outward to receive the pressure of the steam or other motor that is to drive the engine" (lines 19-26).
Date:
January 20, 1880
Creator:
Adams, James Ansley
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Feed Water Heater.
Patent for a new and improved feed water heater. This design "provide[s] a system of levers and a float which will automatically regulate the feed or supply of water to such heaters and lime-extractors . . . and further, that by securing a uniform supply of water the steam acts more equally upon the water, and thus secures a more uniform deposit of the lime" (lines 22-33). This allows for fewer accidents and less damage to the engine.
Date:
August 10, 1880
Creator:
Annear, John Henry
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Henderson Times. (Henderson, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 3, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 15, 1880
Weekly newspaper from Henderson, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with some advertising.
Date:
January 15, 1880
Creator:
Arnold, T. C.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Henderson Times. (Henderson, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 4, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 22, 1880
Weekly newspaper from Henderson, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with some advertising.
Date:
January 22, 1880
Creator:
Arnold, T. C.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Montgomery Journal Supplement (Montgomery, Tex.), Ed. 1 Saturday, May 22, 1880
Supplement to The Montgomery Journal from Montgomery, Texas that includes the Collector's Sale of Lands for Taxes.
Date:
May 22, 1880
Creator:
Ashe, R. G.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Device for Sheltering Animals.
Patent for a new and improved animal shelter. This design "relates to a device which may be adapted for use as a hen's nest, a dog-kennel, a stable for domestic animals, or for analogous purposes. The principle of construction prevalent in all these different adaptations for use of the device consists of certain improved means for automatically closing the door as the animal steps into a vertically-swinging compartment, and for automatically opening the door as the animal leaves said swinging compartment" (lines 13-23).
Date:
December 21, 1880
Creator:
Austin, John Overton
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Washing-Machine.
Patent for washing-machines that "employ a circular corrugated or fluted bed with a conical roller revolving about a central post" (lines 12-14).
Date:
February 10, 1880
Creator:
Austin, Thomas J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Receipt of Levi Perryman, August 3, 1880]
Received of Levi Perryman through W. A. Morris the amount of $9.00 for costs in case No. 910.
Date:
August 3, 1880
Creator:
Bagwill, W. H.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Three Members of the Dilley Rifles Company]
Photograph of three members of the Dilley Rifles, Palestine. Back of photo identifies them as Warner Williams, Capt; George R. Howard, 1st Lt; and George McClintock, 2nd Lt.
Date:
1880~
Creator:
Bailey & Terry
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The McKinney Advocate. (McKinney, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 1, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 3, 1880
Weekly newspaper from McKinney, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
April 3, 1880
Creator:
Baines, Joseph W.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Skirt Ironing Board.
Patent for a new and improved ironing board. This design "consists [of] an ironing-board provided with hinged detachable leaves and with devices for holding said leaves open, which board is hinged or pivoted to the end piece of a frame, the lower part of which forms a box to receive that part of the article that hangs down, while the rest is being ironed, thus protecting it from dust and dirt and keeping it moist" (lines 12-20).
Date:
December 14, 1880
Creator:
Baldwin, Mary Hensley
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Water-Cooler.
Patent for an improvement in water-coolers wherein the vessel for holding the water is surrounded with fibrous material that is kept saturated with water, the evaporation of which will absorb the heat from the water contained in the vessel in a manner well known to science.
Date:
October 20, 1880
Creator:
Barber, Edwin Louis
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
BUCKLE
Patent for "a new and improved buckle" (lines4-5)
Date:
July 20, 1880
Creator:
Bardwell, Henery G.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lining for Tin Cans.
Patent for a new and improved method of canning seafood with tin cans. This design calls for perforated paper to line the cans, which prevents the discoloration of the seafood inside.
Date:
December 28, 1880
Creator:
Bartlett, Frederick W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Belton Journal (Belton, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 39, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 23, 1880
Weekly newspaper from Belton, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
September 23, 1880
Creator:
Batte, J. G.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Belton Journal (Belton, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 40, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 30, 1880
Weekly newspaper from Belton, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
September 30, 1880
Creator:
Batte, J. G.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Belton Journal (Belton, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 51, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 16, 1880
Weekly newspaper from Belton, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
December 16, 1880
Creator:
Batte, J. G.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Belton Journal (Belton, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 1, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 30, 1880
Weekly newspaper from Belton, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
December 30, 1880
Creator:
Batte, J. G.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Will of Joseph H. Beck]
Handwritten will of Joseph H. Beck, giving detailed instructions regarding treatment of his estate following his death.
Date:
October 25, 1880
Creator:
Beck, Joseph H.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Map of scouting expeditions from camps at the Chinati Mountains from Jan 12th to May 12th 1880.
Map shows camps, springs, roads and trails taken from Fort Davis through the Chinati Mountains in the Big Bend area of Texas; denotes ownership of area ranches. Includes a key to the map under "Note." Relief shown by hachures. Scale [1: 506,880].
Date:
1880
Creator:
Beck, William H.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Finger-Exercising Machine.
Patent for a finger-exercising machine that is meant to improve the finger strength and flexibility of musicians. "A cylinder provided with friction-rollers imparts motion to a set of keys upon which the fingers are placed; and the object of [the invention] is to impart flexibility to the fingers, and to overcome the otherwise difficult motion" (lines 11-16).
Date:
September 14, 1880
Creator:
Becker, Francis L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Music-Leaf Turner.
Patent for a device for "Turning Leaves of Sheet-Musics, Music-Books and, other Books" (lines 5-7), including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 16, 1880
Creator:
Becker, Francis L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Method of Marking the Keys of Key-Boards for Musical Instruments
Patent for "a system of musical notation in which the several notes or note-symbols are shaped so as to approximate in appearance the shape of the letters from which they derive their appellations" (lines 37-41) especially in relation to piano-fortes, organs, and keyed instruments and in teaching music, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
June 29, 1880
Creator:
Black, Jane B. D.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Medina County
Map of Medina County, Texas, including the Hill Country region. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date:
August 1880
Creator:
Blau, F. G.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History