[View of Austin, TX]

Photograph of a view of Austin, TX taken from 1802 Colorado Street.
Date: 1882
Creator: A.M. Jackson
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Steam, Air, or Water Engine. (open access)

Steam, Air, or Water Engine.

Patent for simplifying the construction of steam-engines allowing them efficiently use the power of steam" gas, vapor or air in varying positions, vertical, horizontal, or inclined.
Date: May 9, 1882
Creator: Adams, James A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fare-Box. (open access)

Fare-Box.

Patent for a simple, inexpensive, fraud preventing fare-box for street-railways.
Date: August 8, 1882
Creator: Alexander, Samuel & Boyle, Frank
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car Coupling. (open access)

Car Coupling.

Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design "consists in the construction and novel arrangement of the fork-shaped draw-heads having under-beveled bearings between the branches, the slotted coupler-bars having hook-lugs in front of the slots and adapted to interlock, the side bearings or ledges on each side of each hook-lug, designed to support the sides of the bar and to allow the hook-lugs to enter the slots in coupling" (lines 19-27).
Date: June 20, 1882
Creator: Anderson, Lee
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Coffee and Spice Mill. (open access)

Coffee and Spice Mill.

Patent for a new and improved mill for coffee and spices. This design "consists in constructing a coffee and spice mill with a hopper having arms for attaching the mill to a wall and for supporting the gear-wheel formed upon it, an inner cone-burr formed solid with the hopper, an outer shell-burr suspended from and swiveled to the inner burr by a cross-bar, rod, and hand-nut, and the gear-wheels and crank for rotating the outer-burr" (lines 22-30).
Date: March 28, 1882
Creator: Andrews, Thomas A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Post Hole Digger. (open access)

Post Hole Digger.

Patent for a new and improved post-hole digger. This design "has for its object to provide a simple, durable, inexpensive, and efficient device, the levers of which can be readily separated, so that either of them can be used as a spade or shovel to fill in the earth around the post after it is placed in the hole" (lines 14-19).
Date: November 21, 1882
Creator: Armstrong, John J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of Texas with parts of the adjoining states.

Map shows early nineteenth century Texas colonies, towns, and physical features. Includes notes and list of land grant contractors with required number of families in each tract. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1,490,000].
Date: 1882
Creator: Austin, Stephen F. (Stephen Fuller), 1793-1836
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Grain-Feeder and Band-Cutter for Thrashing-Machines. (open access)

Grain-Feeder and Band-Cutter for Thrashing-Machines.

Patent for improvements to grain-feeders for thrashing machines design including illustrations.
Date: March 18, 1882
Creator: Barlow, Thomas James
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

Texas, part of New Mexico &c.

Map shows late nineteenth century railroads, counties, major cities, Indian reservations, and areas of Native American habitation in Texas and parts of New Mexico and "Indian Terrritory." No scale indicated.
Date: [1882..1901]
Creator: Bartholomew, John, 1831-1893
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Gin. (open access)

Cotton Gin.

Patent for a new and improved cotton gin. This design calls for the circular saw blades of the gin to pass through two metal ribs, one of which aligns with the tip of the saw teeth, while the other aligns with the root of the saw teeth.
Date: August 22, 1882
Creator: Basom, Ransford W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Belton Journal (Belton, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 1, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 5, 1882 (open access)

The Belton Journal (Belton, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 1, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 5, 1882

Weekly newspaper from Belton, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 5, 1882
Creator: Batte, J. G.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Belton Journal (Belton, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 2, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 12, 1882 (open access)

The Belton Journal (Belton, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 2, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 12, 1882

Weekly newspaper from Belton, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 12, 1882
Creator: Batte, J. G.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Belton Journal (Belton, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 23, 1882 (open access)

The Belton Journal (Belton, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 23, 1882

Weekly newspaper from Belton, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: February 23, 1882
Creator: Batte, J. G.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Belton Journal (Belton, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 10, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 9, 1882 (open access)

The Belton Journal (Belton, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 10, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 9, 1882

Weekly newspaper from Belton, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 9, 1882
Creator: Batte, J. G.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Belton Journal (Belton, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 16, 1882 (open access)

The Belton Journal (Belton, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 16, 1882

Weekly newspaper from Belton, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 16, 1882
Creator: Batte, J. G.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Belton Journal (Belton, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 14, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 6, 1882 (open access)

The Belton Journal (Belton, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 14, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 6, 1882

Weekly newspaper from Belton, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 6, 1882
Creator: Batte, J. G.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sulky Plow and Cotton Scraper. (open access)

Sulky Plow and Cotton Scraper.

Patent for a new and improved sulky plow and cotton scraper. This design "relates to an improvement in sulky-plows, its object being to render the plow right or left hand for operation, to adjust the angle of presentation of the plow with relation to the line of draft, and to adapt the plow as a cotton-scraper; and it consists of the combination and arrangement of parts" (lines 14-20).
Date: May 16, 1882
Creator: Baucum, Samuel C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Whip Socket and Rein Holder. (open access)

Combined Whip Socket and Rein Holder.

Patent for a new and improved combined whip socket and rein holder. This design "consists in the construction and novel arrangement of the pivoted whip-socket, its serrated eccentric face and bearing-plate, and a spring connected to the socket and bearing-plate, whereby the eccentric face is brought to bear automatically" (lines 20-25).
Date: August 1, 1882
Creator: Bellah, William Newton
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Redemption Deed, May 2, 1882] (open access)

[Redemption Deed, May 2, 1882]

Redemption Deed from Robert Bean to Levi Perryman on May 2, 1882, for land that was sold in a tax sale to satisfy delinquent taxes owed. The property is described in the document.
Date: May 2, 1882
Creator: Bellows, W. R.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The UNT Digital Library
Kitchen Cabinet (open access)

Kitchen Cabinet

Patent for a knock-down kitchen cabinet.
Date: August 7, 1882
Creator: Billington, Theophilus
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Buckle. (open access)

Buckle.

Patent for a new and improved buckle. This design is for a double buckle, "of such a construction that secure fastenings may be obtained, and the two ends of a strap or the adjacent ends of different straps may be readily secured together in a reliable manner, thus admitting of the speedy manufacture of sets of harnesses" (lines 13-18). This eliminates the need for rivets or stitching the strap(s).
Date: September 19, 1882
Creator: Bills, James
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Insect Destroyer. (open access)

Insect Destroyer.

Patent for a new and improved insect trap. This design "relates to certain new and useful improvements in devices for distributing liquid poison on cotton and other plants to destroy insect life thereon; and it consists in the [novel] construction and arrangement of parts" (lines 14-18).
Date: July 18, 1882
Creator: Binkley, James E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling (open access)

Car-Coupling

Patent for improvements to car-coupling using a vertically-moving pin for locking the cars together.
Date: November 14, 1882
Creator: Blackley, George I.; Nicholson, John I. & Holloman, Harvey A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Churn. (open access)

Churn.

Patent for a new and improved churn. This design "provide[s] a cheap, durable, and easily-operated motor for dash-churns, and one the length of stroke of which can be varied to suit the size of the churn and the quality of the cream to be churned. [The] invention consists of a dash-lever, connecting-rod, crank and pulley shaft, and large drive-wheel, the dash-lever being made adjustable as to its length of stroke" (lines 7-15).
Date: March 14, 1882
Creator: Blackstock, John Lafayett
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History