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[Postage-size portrait of Dr. Louisa Owsley]
Photograph of Dr. Louisa Owsley wearing a tea hat. The photograph is attached to an advertisement for the Photograph Studio of Titche's - North Park, 100 North Park Center, Dallas, Texas 75225.
Date:
1895~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Artificial Leg.
Patent for an artificial leg that has an improved ankle joint and a socket for the stump. It is also more comfortable than other artificial legs.
Date:
February 12, 1895
Creator:
Chapman, Edward
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Boiler-Cleaning Compound.
Patent for a boiler-cleaning compound made up of "an improved compound having sodium hydrate for a base, and having certain subordinate ingredients whereby its efficiency is increased, and whereby the action of the sodium hydrate is so modified that no detriment to the boiler iron will result" (lines 10-16).
Date:
February 19, 1895
Creator:
Hill, Martin L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Door.
Patent for "an improved freight car door so supported that it will not be shaken or jarred off and can be easily opened and closed at all times no matter how heavily loaded the car may be." (Lines 16-20) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
February 26, 1895
Creator:
Allen, Thomas C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Composition of Matter for Saving Coal During Combustion.
Patent for cheap, effective compound to sprinkle on coal to render it more combustible so that it burns more cleanly and soot is not emitted.
Date:
June 11, 1895
Creator:
Stokey, David Gray
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Well-Drilling Apparatus.
Patent for a well-drilling apparatus meant "to provide improved means for adjusting and withdrawing drill-tools without removing the drill-rod to provide a folding reamer and means for adjusting the blades thereof, and to provide means for conveying water to the drill, whereby the drillings are carried up outside of the drill-rod or barrel" (lines 9-16).
Date:
December 24, 1895
Creator:
Horton, Stephen A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lattice.
Patent for a simple, strong, and economic lattice that is meant for use in jail cells. It allows air and light into the cell, and they are formed with "alternately opposite depressions and elevations for the reception of the bars running at right angles thereto" (lines 12-24). It should have alternating bars of steel and iron.
Date:
February 5, 1895
Creator:
Hull, William S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mail-Bag.
Patent for a mail-bag meant to "provide such bags or pouches with a secure, efficient, and durable fastening for the mouth which can be easily and quickly opened and closed" (lines 13-16).
Date:
June 18, 1895
Creator:
Knight, Moses G.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Jetty.
Patent for a an inexpensive and durable jetty made from "piles driven in the ground in the ordinary way, but incase them in such a way that they will not be liable to early decay or infested by insects, which cut and destroy them when not protected" (lines 11-15).
Date:
September 24, 1895
Creator:
Bryant, Benjamin N.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Trap.
Patent for a hunting trap that will "effectively prevent the escape of the captives." (Line 17) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
October 15, 1895
Creator:
Wallace, Bar P.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Propeller-Wheel.
Patent for a propeller-wheel for steam and other vessels. This invention is meant "to provide a propeller by which a maximum speed may be obtained without a proportionate increase in toe motive power employed" (lines 15-18). It doesn't have a lateral resistance of water and does not diffuse water in all directions.
Date:
December 17, 1895
Creator:
Parker, Elisha J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Motor for Street-Cars.
Patent for an improved motor design for street-cars in which each car has its own motor. The motor is steam powered.
Date:
March 12, 1895
Creator:
Slaughter, Joel C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Girth-Rigging for Side-Saddles.
Patent for girth-rigging for side-saddles that secure the saddles so the saddles only move when the horse does. It has an extended "saddle-tree so as to produce shoulders, the same underlying the saddle-seat at its front and in supporting upon its shoulders and also upon the tree in rear of the cantle-girth suspension-straps that are continuous" (lines 24-29).
Date:
July 9, 1895
Creator:
Padgitt, Jesse D.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fire-Kindling Cartridge.
Patent for an improved fire-kindling cartridge which "consists, essentially, in a cartridge made in two sections, each composed of coiled wire, with their outer end tapering or contracted, forming a conical point, a sleeve of coiled wire with which the inner ends of said sections engage, and a filling of asbestos or other material." (Lines 25-31) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
October 8, 1895
Creator:
Flatau, Louis Spencer
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Electric Switch.
Patent for an electric switch meant for the Edison three-wire system. It provides "means whereby the translating devices on either side of the middle wire may be supplied with electricity to the exclusion of those on the opposite side, the return-current from said translating devices being transmitted by way of the middle wire" (lines 11-16).
Date:
November 12, 1895
Creator:
Mottram, William T. M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Whiffletree-Hook.
Patent for whiffletree-hook that provides "a novel device of this character in which it is impossible for the trace ring or link to become accidentally detached, but which may be readily removed or disengaged from the hook when desired" (lines 15-20). The invention has a flattened circular plate.
Date:
March 26, 1895
Creator:
Flatau, Louis S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Riding-Saddle.
Patent for a riding-saddle with a "short rigid tree, which constitutes the front or forked portion of the saddle, and [the inventor] construct[s] the body and cantle of pieces of thick but duly flexible leather" (lines 21-25). This makes the saddle more comfortable for both horse and rider.
Date:
July 16, 1895
Creator:
Padgitt, Jesse D.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fare-Receiver and Automatic Change-Maker.
Patent for a fare box and change maker mean to improve on fare-receivers and automatic change-makers that "automatically deliver the correct change to a passenger or other person, who deposits in the machine a coin of greater value than is the regulation fare" (lines 16-19).
Date:
June 18, 1895
Creator:
Sturgis, Herbert Marshall
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Planter.
Patent for a planter meant for planting corn and cotton seeds, although it can be used for distributing seed and fertilizer in general. It doesn't need a covering-shovel or supporting-wheels, and covers the seeds through adjustable covering-disks. The seeding mechanisms are operated by shafts on which the disks are mounted.
Date:
September 3, 1895
Creator:
Schofield, James Drommond
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Method of and Apparatus for Protecting Electric Circuits.
Patent for a method of and apparatus for protecting electric circuits from unauthorized use. The inventor uses the arrangement of circuits described in an expired patent (No. 110,362).
Date:
April 23, 1895
Creator:
Oram, John M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dry-Kin Furnace.
Patent for a dry-kiln furnace meant to improve the "heating and hot-air circulating devices for such structures, whereby all or nearly all the heat generated is utilized, thereby effecting an economy in the use of fuel and also increasing the capacity of the kiln" (lines 15-19).
Date:
July 30, 1895
Creator:
Ketcham, William
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Press.
Patent for an "apparatus adapted for continuously compressing and baling cotton in juxtaposition to the ginning machinery, by conducting cotton from the condenser to compressing rolls operating to progressively compress the fluffy mass into a compact bat or sheet which is laid in folds or laps and subsequently moved or transferred to a suitable baling press and subjected to final pressure to expel the air from between the folds or laps and enable the bale or package to be tied while under pressure." (Lines 9-21) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
January 8, 1895
Creator:
Murray, Stephen D.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Press.
Patent for a cotton-press that compresses "cotton as it is delivered from the gin into convenient shape and size of bundle, for facilitating the transportation thereof" (lines 12-15).
Date:
June 25, 1895
Creator:
Taylor, George
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Cleaning Apparatus.
Patent for a cotton-cleaning apparatus made up of "a stationary foraminous case or drum having an inlet-opening in the upper side of its small end, a rotary shaft extending centrally through the case or drum and having a plurality of spirally-arranged at the large end of the foraminous case and having a discharge-pipe for conveying the cotton to the point where it is to be deposited or discharged - as, for instance, into gins or gin-feeders" (lines 9-19). The cotton goes in one end, the cotton is elevated, beater-arms move the cotton along, and fans drive the cotton to the gins.
Date:
October 8, 1895
Creator:
Murray, Stephen D.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History