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134
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63
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46
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21
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12
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11
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10
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4
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4
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Collection
Year
Month
Day
Language
Combined Railway-Switch and Car-Replacing Mechanism.
Patent for a combined railway-switch and car-replacing mechanism that is meant to "provide certain improved devices which can be arranged to operate as a switch mechanism, or as car replacing means, which can be easily manipulated, are of a simple construction and which will effectively serve for their intended purposes" (lines 11-16). It can be easily assembled and dissembled.
Date:
November 27, 1894
Creator:
Debose, Albert S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Quilting-Frame for Sweing-Machines.
Patent for a quilting-frame for sewing-machines that "a folding tripod which is adapted to support the quilting frame, by means of a swiveled pulley connected to the handle of the frame carrying the rollers, the said pulley running backward and forward on the upper surface of a horizontal shaft which is held by means of adjustable rods, to a parallel shaft which is slidingly held to the upper surfaces of two of the tripod strips" (lines 18-26). The invention can fold compactly for storage.
Date:
November 27, 1894
Creator:
Parsons, James A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Compress.
Patent for a cotton-compress in which the "cotton is fed to the compress direct from the gin, and is wound into a dense cylindrical bale, and the said invention consists in certain novel means for adding additional pressure to the bale as it is being rolled up, in readily detaching the finished bale from the machine, in providing a reservoir for the surplus cotton, when the gin is running and the machine has stopped" (lines 14-22).
Date:
November 27, 1894
Creator:
Bessonette, Charles L. & Bessonette, William T.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Turn-Table.
Patent for a turn table that is "used for turning locomotives engines end to end; and the object of [the] invention is to provide a simple lever attachment for an ordinary turn-table, by which one man may easily turn the table and its load, and also to arrange the lever mechanism so that it may be easily locked in place when not in use and will not be likely to get out of order" (lines 8-16).
Date:
March 27, 1894
Creator:
Rohrbach, Gabriel
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling.
Patent for an automatic car-coupler that operates without someone having to go to between the cars. It is simple and compact.
Date:
February 27, 1894
Creator:
Calhoun, Cloud B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Lampasas Leader (Lampasas, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 23, Ed. 1 Friday, April 27, 1894
Weekly newspaper from Lampasas, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
April 27, 1894
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Southern Mercury. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 38, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 27, 1894
Weekly newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
September 27, 1894
Creator:
Park, Milton
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Democrat. (McKinney, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 48, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 27, 1894
Weekly newspaper from McKinney, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
December 27, 1894
Creator:
Thompson, F. C.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Democrat. (McKinney, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 35, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 27, 1894
Weekly newspaper from McKinney, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
September 27, 1894
Creator:
Thompson, F. C.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Daily Oklahoma State Capital. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 5, No. 235, Ed. 1, Saturday, January 27, 1894
Daily newspaper from Guthrie, Oklahoma that includes local, territory, and United States news along with advertising.
Date:
January 27, 1894
Creator:
Greer, Frank H.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Daily Oklahoma State Capital. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 5, No. 284, Ed. 1, Tuesday, March 27, 1894
Daily newspaper from Guthrie, Oklahoma that includes local, territory, and United States news along with advertising.
Date:
March 27, 1894
Creator:
Greer, Frank H.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Daily Oklahoma State Capital. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 5, No. 261, Ed. 1, Tuesday, February 27, 1894
Daily newspaper from Guthrie, Oklahoma that includes local, territory, and United States news along with advertising.
Date:
February 27, 1894
Creator:
Greer, Frank H.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Texas Miner, Volume 1, Number 41, October 27, 1894
Weekly newspaper from Thurber, Texas which contains discussions of coal mining, local-interest stories, and various other commentaries.
Date:
October 27, 1894
Creator:
McAdams, Walter B.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Texas Miner, Volume 1, Number 2, January 27, 1894
Weekly newspaper from Thurber, Texas which contains discussions of coal mining, local-interest stories, and various other commentaries.
Date:
January 27, 1894
Creator:
McAdams, Walter B.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Texas Miner, Volume 1, Number 3, February 3, 1894
Weekly newspaper from Thurber, Texas which contains discussions of coal mining, local-interest stories, and various other commentaries.
Date:
January 27, 1894
Creator:
McAdams, Walter B.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Texas Miner, Volume 1, Number 4, February 10, 1894
Weekly newspaper from Thurber, Texas which contains discussions of coal mining, local-interest stories, and various other commentaries.
Date:
January 27, 1894
Creator:
McAdams, Walter B.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Texas Miner, Volume 1, Number 5, February 17, 1894
Weekly newspaper from Thurber, Texas which contains discussions of coal mining, local-interest stories, and various other commentaries.
Date:
January 27, 1894
Creator:
McAdams, Walter B.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Texas Miner, Volume 1, Number 6, February 24, 1894
Weekly newspaper from Thurber, Texas which contains discussions of coal mining, local-interest stories, and various other commentaries.
Date:
January 27, 1894
Creator:
McAdams, Walter B.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Texas Miner, Volume 1, Number 7, March 3, 1894
Weekly newspaper from Thurber, Texas which contains discussions of coal mining, local-interest stories, and various other commentaries.
Date:
January 27, 1894
Creator:
McAdams, Walter B.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Texas Miner, Volume 1, Number 8, March 10, 1894
Weekly newspaper from Thurber, Texas which contains discussions of coal mining, local-interest stories, and various other commentaries.
Date:
January 27, 1894
Creator:
McAdams, Walter B.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Texas Miner, Volume 1, Number 9, March 17, 1894
Weekly newspaper from Thurber, Texas which contains discussions of coal mining, local-interest stories, and various other commentaries.
Date:
January 27, 1894
Creator:
McAdams, Walter B.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Texas Miner, Volume 1, Number 10, March 24, 1894
Weekly newspaper from Thurber, Texas which contains discussions of coal mining, local-interest stories, and various other commentaries.
Date:
January 27, 1894
Creator:
McAdams, Walter B.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Texas Miner, Volume 1, Number 11, March 31, 1894
Weekly newspaper from Thurber, Texas which contains discussions of coal mining, local-interest stories, and various other commentaries.
Date:
January 27, 1894
Creator:
McAdams, Walter B.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Texas Miner, Volume 1, Number 12, April 7, 1894
Weekly newspaper from Thurber, Texas which contains discussions of coal mining, local-interest stories, and various other commentaries.
Date:
January 27, 1894
Creator:
McAdams, Walter B.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History