Billiard Cue (open access)

Billiard Cue

Patent for an improved billiard cue with a tip that can be quickly and easily removed and replaced by another and that will be adapted to hold a quantity of powdered chalk for use when needed.
Date: August 30, 1898
Creator: Farrand, James W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Burial Apparatus. (open access)

Burial Apparatus.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in "a burial device adapted particularly for use as a cemetery hearse and also for depositing the casket in the grave" (line 12 - 15).
Date: June 7, 1898
Creator: Thorne, Richard Hamilton
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hame-Strap. (open access)

Hame-Strap.

Patent for a new and improved strap to be used as a hame strap or other tightening strap, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: May 10, 1898
Creator: Quincey, Richard
System: The Portal to Texas History
Electric-Circuit -Closing Device. (open access)

Electric-Circuit -Closing Device.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in electric circuit closing devices.
Date: March 22, 1898
Creator: Newman, George
System: The Portal to Texas History
Device for Measuring Distances. (open access)

Device for Measuring Distances.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in devices for measuring distances, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: November 1, 1898
Creator: Farrand, James W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fruit-Jar And Can Opener. (open access)

Fruit-Jar And Can Opener.

Patent for a new and improved fruit jar and can opener, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: June 28, 1898
Creator: Schairer, John Jacob
System: The Portal to Texas History