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Book Adjuster.
Patent for a new and improved book-adjuster. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the holder having the horizontal longitudinal recess and the vertical screw-threaded aperture, of the base-piece, the adjusting-screw swiveled at its lower end in the said base-piece, and the spring-catch" (lines 3-8).
Date:
February 8, 1887
Creator:
Adair, Irvine James
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Copy Holder.
Patent for a new and improved copy-holder. This design "is [for] an improved copy-holder intended especially for holding deeds when being transcribed to the records, and seeks to provide a simple, inexpensive construction by which the deed may be held and to and from which the deed or other paper may be adjusted without difficulty, such construction serving also to mark or indicate the particular line of the paper being copied" (lines 7-15).
Date:
August 2, 1887
Creator:
Adair, Irvine James
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Air Compressor for Deep Well Pumps.
Patent for a new and improved air-compressor. This design "relates to improvements in air-compressing mechanism for the purpose of pumping for forcing from deep wells and performing similar work; and it consists in the construction and arrangement of a larger and smaller air-cylinder, and the combination therewith of mechanism to force the air from the larger into the smaller cylinder to increase the air-pressure in the latter" (lines 22-30).
Date:
August 2, 1887
Creator:
Adams, John R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire Stretcher.
Patent for a new and improved wire stretcher. This design consists in "a frame having two arms, one carrying a fixed clamp and the other a roller, a windlass mounted on said frame having a rope passing over said roller and adapted to be fixed to an end of wire, and a central clamp consisting of a rigid bar on the frame between its arms, a notched clamp pivoted thereon, and a ring for retaining the clamp" (lines 6-14).
Date:
February 22, 1887
Creator:
Ainsworth, Phineas Hardaman
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stalk Knocker.
Patent for a new and improved stalk knocker. This design consists in "the combination, with the running-gear of a wagon, of a frame-work mounted thereon and provided with vertically-adjustable hangers at its rear end carrying stalk-knockers and their shaft, a diagonal adjustable brace connecting the hanger and the frame-work, and a driving-pulley formed in sections, having spoke-embracing lugs, and connected to the knocker-shaft by means of a belt" (lines 10-18).
Date:
November 8, 1887
Creator:
Allen, William A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fire-Arm.
Patent for an improvement to adjusting rifle barrels and holding those adjustments in place. Includes illustrations.
Date:
March 8, 1887
Creator:
Alston, William F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Map of the San Antonio and Aransas Pass Railway and connections.
Map shows geography, cities, and towns near existing and proposed portions of the late-eighteenth century San Antonio and Aransas Pass Railway. No scale indicated.
Date:
1887
Creator:
American Bank Note Company
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rail-Joint
Patent for improvements in the construction and design of rail-joints.
Date:
May 17, 1887
Creator:
Anderson, Lee
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Memories of Martha Elizabeth Gibson Anglin
A transcript of a 1963 oral history with Martha Elizabeth Anglin (née Gibson), recalling her childhood in Alabama, her family's move to Texas in 1895, and her marriage and life on a farm in Commerce, Texas. Footnotes are provided to add context to the narrative.
Date:
1887/1963
Creator:
Anglin, Michael W.; Anglin, Reba; Barnett, Robert & Barnett, Patricia
Object Type:
Text
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Railway Signal.
Patent for a new and improved railroad signal. This design consists in "[a] continuous electric conductor extending beside a railroad, a contact-maker borne by a train, an electric galvanic battery, a stationary transmitter, and a train provided with transmitting and receiving instruments on two or more members of the train and connected with the electric circuit in multiple arc . . . whereby a message can be sent to each member simultaneously" (lines 8-17).
Date:
June 7, 1887
Creator:
Armstrong, James Henry
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Steam Engine Governor.
Patent for a new and improved steam-engine governor. This design consists in "the combination, with the valve-stem and governor-balls, of a lever connected with the said valve-stem, a weighted lever connected with the said valve-stem lever, a piston-rod connected with the said weighted lever, a piston attached to the said piston-rod, and a small cylinder in which the said piston operates, and which is connected at one end with the interior of the steam-chest" (lines 93-102).
Date:
August 16, 1887
Creator:
Arnold, Eliphalet L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Coupling.
Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design consists in "[t]he combination of the platform . . . having a spring buffer and a projection adjacent to and to one side of the buffer . . . the catch pivotally secured below the same and having a series of coupling shoulders on one side, the spring, and the stop arranged to act upon the side of the catch from which the coupling shoulders project" (lines 89-98).
Date:
September 6, 1887
Creator:
Ashford, Thomas Gresham.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Corn Planting Attachment for Plows.
Patent for a new and improved corn-planting attachment for plows. This design "consists in the improved construction and combination of parts of such an attachment, which may be secured to the rear end of the beam of a common breaking-plow, having a wheel running in the furrow operating the dropping mechanism" (lines 22-28).
Date:
October 18, 1887
Creator:
Aten, Frank L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Brake for Vehicles
Patent for "a brake which shall be easy in operation, cheap in construction, and not liable to get out of order" (lines 13-17).
Date:
October 25, 1887
Creator:
Bacon, Edward Hamlin
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Jane Pells]
Photograph of Jane Pells. This photo was included in the Pells-Trotter collection of photos and memorabilia which was donated to the Palestine Public Library.
Date:
1887
Creator:
Bailey Photography
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Chopper.
Patent for a new and improved cotton chopper. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the frame and the operating-gearing, of the vertical shaft, supported by the frame and acted on by the operating-gearing, the horizontal plate rigidly secured to the lower end of the shaft and provided with radial grooves, and slots in said grooves, the feet having their upper ends bent at right angles, fitted in said grooves and adjustably secured therein by bolts passing through the radial slots, the lower ends of the feet carrying choppers" (lines 39-49).
Date:
October 25, 1887
Creator:
Ballard, John J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Seed Dropper.
Patent for a new and improved planter. This design consists in "the frame, the roller journaled in the rear side thereof and having the crank, the seed-spout, the supporting bars on opposite sides of the frame, the rigid shaft connecting the said bars, the seed-disk rigidly secured to the said shaft and having the curved fingers or teeth, the hopper journaled on the shaft and adapted to oscillate thereon, the said hopper having the discharge-opening in its lower side, through which the lower edge of the seed-disk connects, and the pitman connecting the crank with the hopper" (lines 26-37).
Date:
October 25, 1887
Creator:
Ballard, John J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Waco Daily Examiner. (Waco, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 48, Ed. 1, Friday, October 14, 1887
Daily newspaper from Waco, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
October 14, 1887
Creator:
Bartow, John
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Waco Daily Examiner. (Waco, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 129, Ed. 1, Friday, April 1, 1887
Daily newspaper from Waco, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
April 1, 1887
Creator:
Bartow, John
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Waco Daily Examiner. (Waco, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 130, Ed. 1, Saturday, April 2, 1887
Daily newspaper from Waco, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
April 2, 1887
Creator:
Bartow, John
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Waco Daily Examiner. (Waco, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 131, Ed. 1, Sunday, April 3, 1887
Daily newspaper from Waco, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
April 3, 1887
Creator:
Bartow, John
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Waco Daily Examiner. (Waco, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 132, Ed. 1, Tuesday, April 5, 1887
Daily newspaper from Waco, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
April 5, 1887
Creator:
Bartow, John
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Waco Daily Examiner. (Waco, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 133, Ed. 1, Thursday, April 7, 1887
Daily newspaper from Waco, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
April 7, 1887
Creator:
Bartow, John
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Waco Daily Examiner. (Waco, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 133, Ed. 1, Wednesday, April 6, 1887
Daily newspaper from Waco, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
April 6, 1887
Creator:
Bartow, John
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History