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Grapple. (open access)

Grapple.

Patent for a grapple, a device "for handling brick - that is, for moving brick from one point to another" (lines 13-14).
Date: November 6, 1900
Creator: Brownfield, James G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Roller-Shelving and Cloth-Measurer Combined. (open access)

Roller-Shelving and Cloth-Measurer Combined.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in roller shelving and cloth measurer combined, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 6, 1898
Creator: Apperson, Thomas F. & Dorsey, Charles H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Signal-Lantern. (open access)

Signal-Lantern.

Patent for a gas-burner signal lantern, instead of an oil-burner signal lantern, that indicates whether or not the track is all clear of trains; includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: May 6, 1902
Creator: Ruebel, C. A. Ernst
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oil Burner (open access)

Oil Burner

Patent for an oil burner. Illustration included.
Date: October 6, 1906
Creator: Butler, Albert Carroll
System: The Portal to Texas History