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Aerial Ship
Patent for "a ship for navigating the air, which shall be almost or quite as easily governed and controlled as regards its course of travel, irrespective of the direction of the wind and in other respects, as a ship provided with propelling means, used to sail in or through the water" (lines 9-15).
Date:
April 19, 1892
Creator:
Riddle, William Nelson
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Angle-Cock.
Patent for "a locking device for the train pipe valve or plug, and a connection separate from the train pipe and under the control of the engineer, to manipulate the said locking device and secure the valve or plug in position." (Lines 13-18) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 19, 1895
Creator:
Waldron, William J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Electric Time-Signaling Apparatus.
Patent for an electric time-signaling apparatus meant for use in hotels or other places where employees need to be alerted. The invention rings a bell and turns on a light when the signals goes off. "If the current of an incandescent electric-light system was electrically connected with a time-circuit, it would destroy the whole mechanism of the time-circuit" (lines 26-29).
Date:
November 19, 1895
Creator:
Todd, James T. A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Folding Cot.
Patent for certain new and useful improvement in folding cots, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
September 19, 1899
Creator:
Martindale, James Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History