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Combined Railway-Rail Chair and Tie
Patent for an improved railway-rail chair and tie
Date:
January 10, 1888
Creator:
Marks, Nicholas Marie
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Suspension-Bridge
Patent for a suspension bridge which functions are to "transmit a given pressure equally in either direction therefrom to the piers or abutments; second, to balance a given pressure irrespective of its location; third, to provide an elastic yielding road-bed or flooring which will transmit the pressure of an incumbent weight or strain; fourth, to increase the length or span over an existing conditions; fifth, to dispense with piers, except on the shore margins; sixth, to facilitate the construction and increase the life of bridges, and, seventh, to accomplish these aims with structural simplicity and economy" (lines 16-28).
Date:
December 18, 1888
Creator:
Runyon, Edwin Elijah
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Heating Railway-Cars
Patent for improvements in the construction and design of car heaters for locomotives.
Date:
May 29, 1888
Creator:
Townley, Carter Shepherd
System:
The Portal to Texas History