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Fireproof Covering (open access)

Fireproof Covering

Patent for a fireproof covering. Illustration included.
Date: February 23, 1909
Creator: Brigance, Alice Osborne
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rail-Joint. (open access)

Rail-Joint.

Patent for a rail joint that connects the opposing ends of a pair of rails while allowing for necessary contractions and expansion of the rails due to atmospheric conditions. It also reinforces the portion of the joint at the meeting ends.
Date: January 23, 1912
Creator: Busa, Adam
System: The Portal to Texas History