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Sprinkling-Stopper. (open access)

Sprinkling-Stopper.

Patent for a new and useful sprinkling stopper, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 27, 1900
Creator: Cook, Frederick W., Jr.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fire Escape (open access)

Fire Escape

Patent for Fire Escape. "may be folded up out of the way when not in use, and which can be lowered to the ground and secured in position for use in an emergency in the shortest possible space of time and with the least expense of physical force." (lines 15-20) With illustrations.
Date: March 27, 1888
Creator: Hornby, James
System: The Portal to Texas History