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Apparatus for Distilling Wood.
Patent for improvements in wood distillers "wherein the liquids of the woods are extracted by subjection in a closed heated chamber or retort and carried by vaporization through the process of distillation to condensation" (lines 18-22).
Date:
December 24, 1889
Creator:
Spangler, Samuel H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Beam or Girder.
Patent for a new and improved girder. This design is "composed of a vertical web and a flange or flanges, a mass of the metal in a flange or flanges projecting from the web at and near one-half the distance between the axis and the neutral line" (lines 48-53).
Date:
December 24, 1889
Creator:
Cousins, Robert Henry
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Brenham Daily Banner. (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 302, Ed. 1 Tuesday, December 24, 1889
Daily newspaper from Brenham, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
December 24, 1889
Creator:
Garrett, O. H. P.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling
Patent for "a single structure in which the airbrake pipes and steam-heating pipes will be coupled together when the cars are coupled, and in which the several parts will be very compactly arranged. A further object is to provide means whereby the cars may be uncoupled by the use of compressed air" (lines 12-19).
Date:
December 24, 1889
Creator:
Thomas, James Bryant
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Elevator.
Patent for a new and improved cotton elevator. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with a frame, a suction-pipe having one end bent downward to receive the seed cotton and the other end terminating in an upwardly-extending dust flue, and a suction-fan having its suction and discharge at the periphery, of a perforated screening-cylinder, an endless belt which co-acts with the cylinder to deflect the cotton into the discharge pipe, and a blowing-fan in the latter for forcing the seed-cotton to the gins" (lines 48-58).
Date:
December 24, 1889
Creator:
Swinnerton, James
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Curtain Fixture.
Patent for a new and improved curtain fixture. This design "consist[s] of the brackets secured to the window-frame, and a frame consisting of a single continuous integral U-shaped bar having its arms bent outward from its shoulders . . . and having the end of one of its arms pivoted to the adjacent bracket and the end of the other arm bent laterally and journaled in the other bracket, the curtain-roller being journaled in and extending between the arms" (lines 60-69).
Date:
December 24, 1889
Creator:
Bomar, Mattie A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Device for Distributing Insect Powder.
Patent for a new and improved bug sprayer. This design consists in "the combination of the body of the bellows and the perforate wall or sieve arranged longitudinally therein, dividing the bellows into two compartments, with a nozzle or an air-outlet communicating with one compartment, whereby material placed in the other compartment on the opposite side of the sieve is agitated by the operation of the bellows and delivered to the air-blast in a comminuted state" (lines 25-35).
Date:
December 24, 1889
Creator:
Hogarth, William H. J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Double-Mold-Board Plow
Patent for "a plow of simple and durable construction,capable of easy manipulation, and wherein the point may be expeditiously removed or replaced when necessary. A further object of the invention is to provide a means whereby the plow-beam maybe raised or lowered at will" (lines 10-16).
Date:
December 24, 1889
Creator:
Weber, Robert
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dredging-Machine
Patent for "a dredger which shall in an improved manner co-operate with and utilize the current in removing accumulations from the bed of channels" (lines 13-17).
Date:
December 24, 1889
Creator:
Fletcher, William A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Evening Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 43, Ed. 1 Tuesday, December 24, 1889
Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
December 24, 1889
Creator:
Burson, J. W.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Freie Presse für Texas. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 2328, Ed. 1 Tuesday, December 24, 1889
Daily German-language newspaper from San Antonio, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
December 24, 1889
Creator:
Hanschke, Robert
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gainesville Daily Hesperian. (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 330, Ed. 1 Tuesday, December 24, 1889
Daily newspaper from Gainesville, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
December 24, 1889
Creator:
Leonard, J. T.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Galveston Daily News. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 48, No. 241, Ed. 1 Tuesday, December 24, 1889
Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
December 24, 1889
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
El Paso International Daily Times. (El Paso, Tex.), Vol. NINTH YEAR, No. 294, Ed. 1 Tuesday, December 24, 1889
Daily newspaper from El Paso, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
December 24, 1889
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plunger-Operating Means of Hay-Presses
Patent for "new and improved horse-power, which will operate four or less hay-presses by the movement of one operating-lever, and which can be used for a great variety of other purposes" (lines 8-12).
Date:
December 24, 1889
Creator:
Mayo, William A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
San Antonio Daily Light. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 282, Ed. 1 Tuesday, December 24, 1889
Daily newspaper from San Antonio, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
December 24, 1889
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Svoboda. (La Grange, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 50, Ed. 1 Tuesday, December 24, 1889
Weekly Czech-language newspaper from La Grange, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
December 24, 1889
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Washing Machine.
Patent for a new and improved washing machine. This design consists in "the combination, with a receptacle having a flange on one end, of a pump, a collar surrounding the said pump and carrying claws which engage and a cam which bears upon the said flange, a perforated tray resting upon the bottom of the receptacle, and perforated pipes connected with the said pump, the said pump and pipes being contained in the said receptacle" (lines 4-12).
Date:
December 24, 1889
Creator:
McCausland, William I.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Brenham Daily Banner. (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 277, Ed. 1 Sunday, November 24, 1889
Daily newspaper from Brenham, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
November 24, 1889
Creator:
Garrett, O. H. P.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gainesville Daily Hesperian. (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 306, Ed. 1 Sunday, November 24, 1889
Daily newspaper from Gainesville, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
November 24, 1889
Creator:
Leonard, J. T.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Galveston Daily News. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 48, No. 211, Ed. 1 Sunday, November 24, 1889
Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
November 24, 1889
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Adelitia McGee and Matilda Dodd to the Moore family and Alice McGee, November 24, 1889]
This is a letter from the Charles B. Moore Collection. It was written by Adelitia "Dinkie" McGee and Matilda Dodd. In this letter, Dinkie and Matilda update the Moore family and Alice on the goings-on in Gallatin, Tennessee. The news includes: community news, a dialogue about the weather, a discussion on the health of family and friends, and details on Dinkie's butter and egg venture. She closes her letter by mentioning Bettie's dress as well as her own dress and details that she is sending a swatch. She also states that Birdie is upset with Alice for not writing her and only writing the boys. In Matilda's letter, she informs the Moore family of the happenings in Sumner County and the news includes: updates on the weather, news about the hogs, a dialogue about the health of family and friends, a discussion about Matilda's new bed springs, and details about Alice, Linnet, and Birdie. She closes this brief letter by noting that the Moore family and Alice should write soon. The envelope is included with the letter.
Date:
November 24, 1889
Creator:
McGee, Adelitia & Dodd, Matilda
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The UNT Digital Library
El Paso Times. (El Paso, Tex.), Vol. NINTH YEAR, No. 271, Ed. 1 Sunday, November 24, 1889
Daily newspaper from El Paso, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
November 24, 1889
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Sunday Gazetteer. (Denison, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 30, Ed. 1 Sunday, November 24, 1889
Weekly newspaper from Denison, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
November 24, 1889
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History