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Escapement for Watches (open access)

Escapement for Watches

Patent for escapement for watches that allows connecting pieces to adjust more easily, this includes fixed jewels, palettes, levers, etc.
Date: July 25, 1916
Creator: De Long, Charles E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Flue-Scraper (open access)

Flue-Scraper

Patent for a flue scraper with multiple self-sharpening scraper arms. The tool is "strong, durable, efficient, and simple" (lines 22-23).
Date: April 25, 1916
Creator: French, Elmer C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Lancaster Herald. (Lancaster, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 5, Ed. 1 Friday, February 25, 1916 (open access)

The Lancaster Herald. (Lancaster, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 5, Ed. 1 Friday, February 25, 1916

Weekly newspaper from Lancaster, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: February 25, 1916
Creator: Tufts, Minnie Wetmore
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Lancaster Herald. (Lancaster, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 31, Ed. 1 Friday, August 25, 1916 (open access)

The Lancaster Herald. (Lancaster, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 31, Ed. 1 Friday, August 25, 1916

Weekly newspaper from Lancaster, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: August 25, 1916
Creator: Tufts, Minnie Wetmore
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Texas Mesquiter. (Mesquite, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 34, Ed. 1 Friday, February 25, 1916 (open access)

The Texas Mesquiter. (Mesquite, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 34, Ed. 1 Friday, February 25, 1916

Weekly newspaper from Mesquite, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: February 25, 1916
Creator: Davis, John E.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Texas Mesquiter. (Mesquite, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 7, Ed. 1 Friday, August 25, 1916 (open access)

The Texas Mesquiter. (Mesquite, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 7, Ed. 1 Friday, August 25, 1916

Weekly newspaper from Mesquite, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 25, 1916
Creator: Davis, John E.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Transmission-Lock (open access)

Transmission-Lock

Patent for a mechanism to be added onto a motor vehicle transmission to prevent unwarranted action on the transmission.
Date: January 25, 1916
Creator: McDonald, James
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wind-Wheel. (open access)

Wind-Wheel.

Patent for "connecting the wheel shaft with the driving shaft and [...] the provision of a wind wheel having wind collecting faces or pockets extending in vertical planes surrounding a vertical driving shaft as an axis" (lines 25-38), including illustrations.
Date: April 25, 1916
Creator: Iley, John W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History