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Improvement in ventilating cars, &c.
Patent for a system which prevents ashes and cinders from railroad engines from entering the train cars and also allows for ventilation of the cars. Includes illustration.
Date:
August 22, 1876
Creator:
Andrews, Wright S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Ventilators and Protectors for Roofs.
Patent for improvements in ventilators and protectors for roofs relating to "a ventilating combing or ridging for roofs of houses" (lines-15-16) including illustrations and instructions.
Date:
October 24, 1876
Creator:
Brock, Ernst Moritz
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bale-tie
Patent for improvement in the construction of hooks used to join the ends of ties "for packages or bales of cotton, hemp, rags, or other substances in which a divided metallic band or hoop encircling the package or bale is used, and the ends whereof are joined by a hook at one end of said band, arranged to interlock with any one of a series of mortises in the other end of the band" (para. 2).
Date:
August 8, 1876
Creator:
Davis, Waters S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Bale-Ties.
Patent for improvement in bale-ties by using a “divided metallic band or hoop encircling the package or bale, and the ends whereof are joined by a fastening at the one end of said band, arranged to interlock with an one of a series of mortises in the other end of the band for the purpose of binding or holding the bale together.” (Lines [11-17]) Illustration is included.
Date:
February 15, 1876
Creator:
Davis, Waters S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Bale-Ties.
Patent for improvement in bale-ties by reducing a series of motions to fasten and unfasten the tie to simply just one single motion. Illustration is included.
Date:
June 6, 1876
Creator:
Davis, Waters S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Galveston City Company Accounts: 1870-1909]
Ledger containing financial records for the Galveston City Company, documenting funds for the expense account, cash, and interest earned from January 1, 1876 through August 14, 1909 (p. 522).
Date:
1876-01/1909-08
Creator:
Galveston City Company
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Galveston City Company Accounts: 1876-1909]
Ledger containing summary information related to the finances of the Galveston City Company including monthly cash balances, dividends, bills payable and receivable, city bonds, stocks, loans, and other transactions. A name index is at the front of the volume.
Date:
1876/1909
Creator:
Galveston City Company
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Portrait of William Henry Beaumont]
Portrait of William Henry Beaumont wearing a dark suit and bow tie with a thick, dark beard.
Date:
1876
Creator:
Galveston Photography Company
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Heller's Galveston Directory, 1876-1877
General directory for Galveston, Texas includes address listings for businesses and individuals as well as advertisements from local businesses. According to the title page, it contains "the full address of all the householders, white & colored, from Sixth Street, two blocks east from the city hospital to Magnolia Grove Cemetery in the west, and from Avenue A, or Water Street, in the north, to the beach; also a classified business directory, the officers and directors of banks, companies, etc; the names, places, and time of meeting of all societies, military and fire companies, courts, churches, etc."
Date:
1876
Creator:
Heller, John H.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Bale-Band Stretchers
Patent for improvement of bale-band stretcher design "for the purpose of taking out the slack of the band that cannot be taken out by hand." (lines 18-20). Included illustration shows bale-stretcher in both open and closed positions.
Date:
December 12, 1876
Creator:
Pearre, Charles M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Carbureter.
Patent for a new and improved carburetor. This design calls for "the apparatus [to be] submerged in water for the purpose of equalizing the temperature of the carbureting-liquid, and thereby imparting a more uniform illuminating quality to the gas; also obviating the danger of explosion from access of flame to the exterior of the apparatus" (para. 2).
Date:
July 18, 1876
Creator:
Pollard, James M. & Barton, Wallace R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Tube-Expanders.
Patent for improvements to tube expanders with springs rigidly secured at one end, detachable rolls, and the ability to fit tubes of different sizes.
Date:
July 18, 1876
Creator:
Rooney, Hugh L
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Lifting-Jacks.
Patent for improvement in lifting jack. This improvement is the vertical bar is notched to prevent slipping when lifting an item.
Date:
August 8, 1876
Creator:
Scott, James O.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Automatic Detaching Hook.
Patent for "a new and useful improvements Hooks"
Date:
September 12, 1876
Creator:
Wyckoff, Cornerius P.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Galveston Daily News. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 33, No. 113, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 11, 1876
Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
January 11, 1876
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Galveston Daily News. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 33, No. 114, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 12, 1876
Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
January 12, 1876
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Galveston Daily News. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 33, No. 115, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 13, 1876
Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
January 13, 1876
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Galveston Daily News. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 33, No. 116, Ed. 1 Friday, January 14, 1876
Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
January 14, 1876
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Galveston Daily News. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 33, No. 117, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 15, 1876
Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
January 15, 1876
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Galveston Daily News. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 33, No. 218, Ed. 1 Sunday, January 16, 1876
Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
January 16, 1876
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Galveston Daily News. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 33, No. 219, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 18, 1876
Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
January 18, 1876
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Galveston Daily News. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 33, No. 220, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 19, 1876
Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
January 19, 1876
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Galveston Daily News. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 33, No. 221, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 20, 1876
Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
January 20, 1876
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Galveston Daily News. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 33, No. 222, Ed. 1 Friday, January 21, 1876
Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
January 21, 1876
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History