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Car Coupling.
Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design "relates to car-couplings, and more especially to that part or portion of the mechanism usually termed 'link-lifters;' and the object of the invention is to provide means whereby the link can be lifted and caused to enter the draw-head of an approaching car by the operator when standing alongside the stationary car" (lines 7-14).
Date:
April 1, 1890
Creator:
Small, Henry
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Chopper.
Patent for a new and improved cotton chopper. This design consists in "the combination, with the axle, of the U-frame having bearings at its ends for the axle and a rearwardly-disposed sleeve, a shaft mounted in the sleeve and projecting beyond the same at each of its ends and provided with choppers at its rear end and a gear at its front end, a master-gear splined upon the axle and having a grooved hub, and a pivoted yoke terminating in the hub and a lever for operating the same to throw the gear into contact with that upon the shaft" (lines 1-12).
Date:
April 1, 1890
Creator:
Stanford, Jeff Hillon
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Composition for Preserving Food
Patent for "combustible compositions which, when ignited, produce a gas or gasses which have preservative and purifying effects upon various substances and surfaces or places exposed to the fumes. It is more especially designed, however, for preserving fruits, vegetables, meats, and other perishable articles." (lines 12-19).
Date:
April 15, 1890
Creator:
Radam, William
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Channel Cleaner.
Patent for a new and improved channel cleaner. This design "is to construct an apparatus which may be anchored in a channel where there are sand-bars, for the purpose of agitating the water and stirring up the sand, so that the current may remove it. [The] invention consists in a trunk or large tube perforated along the bottom and provided at one end with a flaring mouth for concentrating the current within the trunk; also, in the combination, with the trunk, of a stirrer and a motor-screw for driving the same" (lines 17-28).
Date:
April 22, 1890
Creator:
Evans, William
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press
Patent for improvements in baling presses "in which the necessary motion may be imparted to the plunger in a rapid and effective manner, and which shall be productive of considerable saving of labor and power" (lines 15-19)
Date:
April 29, 1890
Creator:
Anderson, Zachariah J.
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 the combination of the draw-heads provided with projections, a coupling-link, an operating-rod loosely connected to each of its ends, and a suitable support or guide through which these rods move . . . The object of [the] invention is to provide a car-coupling in which the two cars are coupled together by means of a link which is provided with an operating rod at each end, both of the rods and the link being attached to one of the cars only" (lines 14-26).
Date:
April 29, 1890
Creator:
Campbell, Neil Franklin
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Churn.
Patent for a new and improved churn. This design consists in "[t]he combination of the standards, the longitudinal bars connecting the same, the driving-shaft journaled on the upper bars, the counter-shaft journaled on the lower bars and provided with a crank-disk at one end, gearing between the driving-shaft and the counter-shaft, the balance-wheel on the counter-shaft, the rock-shaft journaled on the upper bars and provided with the oppositely-extending crank-arms between the said bars, the crank arm depending from the end of the rock-shaft, [and] the pitman" (lines 88-99).
Date:
April 29, 1890
Creator:
Anderson, Henry C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Democrat. (McKinney, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 9, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 3, 1890
Weekly newspaper from McKinney, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
April 3, 1890
Creator:
Democrat Publishing Company
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Democrat. (McKinney, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 10, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 10, 1890
Weekly newspaper from McKinney, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
April 10, 1890
Creator:
Democrat Publishing Company
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Democrat. (McKinney, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 17, 1890
Weekly newspaper from McKinney, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
April 17, 1890
Creator:
Democrat Publishing Company
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Democrat. (McKinney, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 12, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 24, 1890
Weekly newspaper from McKinney, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
April 24, 1890
Creator:
Democrat Publishing Company
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Southern Mercury, Texas Farmers' Alliance Advocate. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 14, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 3, 1890
Weekly newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
April 3, 1890
Creator:
Dixon, Sam H.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Southern Mercury, Texas Farmers' Alliance Advocate. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 15, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 10, 1890
Weekly newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
April 10, 1890
Creator:
Dixon, Sam H.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Southern Mercury, Texas Farmers' Alliance Advocate. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 16, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 17, 1890
Weekly newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
April 17, 1890
Creator:
Dixon, Sam H.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Southern Mercury, Texas Farmers' Alliance Advocate. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 17, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 24, 1890
Weekly newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
April 24, 1890
Creator:
Dixon, Sam H.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
San Marcos Free Press. (San Marcos, Tex.), Vol. 17TH YEAR, No. 14, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 3, 1890
Weekly newspaper from San Marcos, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
April 3, 1890
Creator:
Julian, Isaac H.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
San Marcos Free Press. (San Marcos, Tex.), Vol. 17TH YEAR, No. 15, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 10, 1890
Weekly newspaper from San Marcos, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
April 10, 1890
Creator:
Julian, Isaac H.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
San Marcos Free Press. (San Marcos, Tex.), Vol. 17TH YEAR, No. 16, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 17, 1890
Weekly newspaper from San Marcos, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
April 17, 1890
Creator:
Julian, Isaac H.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
San Marcos Free Press. (San Marcos, Tex.), Vol. 17TH YEAR, No. 17, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 24, 1890
Weekly newspaper from San Marcos, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
April 24, 1890
Creator:
Julian, Isaac H.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Albany News. (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 2, Ed. 1 Friday, April 11, 1890
Weekly newspaper from Albany, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
April 11, 1890
Creator:
Streight, T. E.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Temple Weekly Times. (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 4, Ed. 1 Friday, April 18, 1890
Weekly newspaper from Temple, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
April 18, 1890
Creator:
Crow, J. D.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Temple Weekly Times. (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 54, Ed. 1 Friday, April 4, 1890
Weekly newspaper from Temple, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
April 4, 1890
Creator:
Crow, J. D.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Temple Weekly Times. (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 5, Ed. 1 Friday, April 25, 1890
Weekly newspaper from Temple, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
April 25, 1890
Creator:
Crow, J. D.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Temple Weekly Times. (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 3, Ed. 1 Friday, April 11, 1890
Weekly newspaper from Temple, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
April 11, 1890
Creator:
Crow, J. D.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History