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Device for Measuring Distances. (open access)

Device for Measuring Distances.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in devices for measuring distances, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: November 1, 1898
Creator: Farrand, James W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Billiard Cue (open access)

Billiard Cue

Patent for an improved billiard cue with a tip that can be quickly and easily removed and replaced by another and that will be adapted to hold a quantity of powdered chalk for use when needed.
Date: August 30, 1898
Creator: Farrand, James W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fruit-Jar And Can Opener. (open access)

Fruit-Jar And Can Opener.

Patent for a new and improved fruit jar and can opener, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: June 28, 1898
Creator: Schairer, John Jacob
System: The Portal to Texas History
Burial Apparatus. (open access)

Burial Apparatus.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in "a burial device adapted particularly for use as a cemetery hearse and also for depositing the casket in the grave" (line 12 - 15).
Date: June 7, 1898
Creator: Thorne, Richard Hamilton
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hame-Strap. (open access)

Hame-Strap.

Patent for a new and improved strap to be used as a hame strap or other tightening strap, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: May 10, 1898
Creator: Quincey, Richard
System: The Portal to Texas History
Electric-Circuit -Closing Device. (open access)

Electric-Circuit -Closing Device.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in electric circuit closing devices.
Date: March 22, 1898
Creator: Newman, George
System: The Portal to Texas History