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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
Frame House.
Patent for a new and improved frame house. This design consists of "[t]he combination, in a roof, of T-shaped caps or battens having in their depending tongues the transverse dovetail grooves, the roof-boards arranged above the grooves and below the horizontal and lateral arms of the said battens, and the purlins adapted to enter the grooves and grooved longitudinally to engage the said tongues" (lines 23-31).
Date:
January 17, 1882
Creator:
Boyd, John
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Carpenter's Square.
Patent for a new and improved carpenter's square. This design calls for ribs or ridges running lengthwise along the blades and a thicker, more durable square between the blades. In this way, only the ribs or ridges suffer wear, and the square lasts longer.
Date:
October 3, 1882
Creator:
Callihan, Willie Hoyle
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pile for Use in the Construction of Wharves and Other Structures.
Patent for a new and improved pile. This design "relates to that class of piles which have a portion of their length most exposed to decay and destruction from worms constructed of metal, and that portion of their lengths above the water and beneath the water-bed constructed of wood" (lines 25-30).
Date:
June 27, 1882
Creator:
Franklin, Robert M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Yielding and Buoyant Pile Breakwater.
Patent for a new and improved breakwater. This design is "of a cheap, durable, and efficient breakwater for localities exposed to the destructive action of the waves; and it consists mainly in a line of single-column buoyant piles, arranged side-by-side, and grouped together in sections . . . and anchored to their water-bed, and also in certain constructions and combination of parts" (lines 28-35).
Date:
June 27, 1882
Creator:
Franklin, Robert M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Mosquito Bar Frame and Canopy.
Patent for a new and improved mosquito netting. This design "provide[s] a simple and substantial construction of frame for supporting the mosquito-bar that will admit of ready application to and removal from the bedstead, and also to provide a simple and effective arrangement of cords to the mosquito-bar, whereby it may be easily extended over the bed or folded out of the way by the occupant of the bed" (lines 12-20).
Date:
January 24, 1882
Creator:
Howe, Charles P.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Composition For Roofing And Paving.
Patent for a process "to produce a compound which is strong, tenacious, and pliable, which will not be affected by climatic changes, and which will resist the corrosive action of acids and alkalies; and to this end my invention consists in a compound composed of asphaltum, pine-tar, and oxide of iron, as will more fully hereinafter appear.” (Lines 8-15) Includes instructions.
Date:
May 9, 1882
Creator:
Lee, Archibald K.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Suspended Safe, &c.
Patent for a new and improved safe. This design "[has a] top projecting beyond its sides . . . in combination with the upright posts having liquid-cups, the rods, and sleeves for suspending the safe from contact with any object" (lines 79-83).
Date:
March 21, 1882
Creator:
Mason, Sanford
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Morrison & Fourmy's General Directory of the City of Galveston: 1882-1883
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 "1882-83."
Date:
1882/1883
Creator:
Morrison & Fourmy
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Spark Arrester.
Patent for a new and improved spark arrester for train smokestacks. This design is of "a locomotive-engine, a pipe or pipes for conveying sparks from the smoke-stack, in combination of a diaphragm or cone placed in the stack and a steam or water chamber placed around the discharge of said pipe or pipes" (lines 88-93).
Date:
February 21, 1882
Creator:
Nichols, George B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Spark Arrester.
Patent for a new and improved spark arrester. This design "consists in the construction and arrangement of devices by means of which the sparks are extinguished and the cinders distributed on the road-bed, while the fine dust is delivered into the ash-box" (lines 19-23).
Date:
September 12, 1882
Creator:
Nichols, George B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Walking Stool for Children.
Patent for a new and improved walker for children. This design "is to facilitate placing the child, and to avoid any risk of injury, and, further, to make the stool easy for the body and arms of the child" (lines 13-16). This end is achieved with a hinged section of the walking ring, which may be opened to allow in the child.
Date:
October 3, 1882
Creator:
Peterson, Gustav
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Snath Fastener.
Patent for a new and improved snath fastener. This design "relates to devices for attaching scythes to their handles; and it consists in certain improvements in the construction of the same" (lines 17-20).
Date:
April 11, 1882
Creator:
Schultze, August
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Circular Railroad or Round About.
Patent for novel improvements on circular railroads, and also to means for propelling a turn-table on which the carriages are secured.
Date:
August 22, 1882
Creator:
Sturm, William
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Window Frame.
Patent for a new and improved window frame. This design "has for its objects to provide an improved means for holding the sash of a window in any position to which it may be elevated, and at the same time permit the sash to be readily moved up or down" (lines 11-15).
Date:
February 21, 1882
Creator:
Sturm, William
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Certificate of Declaration for Charles William Sloman]
Certificate of Declaration for Charles William Sloman as he was gaining citizenship to the United States. The opening line of the document declares that he "solemnly swear[s], that it is bonafide my intention to become a citizen of the United States, and to renounce forever all allegiance and fidelity to any Foreign Prince..."
Date:
February 4, 1882
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Daily Print. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. [1], No. 44, Ed. 1 Tuesday, October 31, 1882
Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
October 31, 1882
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Daily Print. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 44, Ed. 1 Tuesday, October 31, 1882
Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
October 31, 1882
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Daily Print. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 52, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 9, 1882
Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
November 9, 1882
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Daily Print. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 53, Ed. 1 Friday, November 10, 1882
Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
November 10, 1882
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Daily Print. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 54, Ed. 1 Saturday, November 11, 1882
Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
November 11, 1882
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Daily Print. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 64, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 23, 1882
Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
November 23, 1882
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Daily Print. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 67, Ed. 1 Monday, November 27, 1882
Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
November 27, 1882
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Daily Print. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 71, Ed. 1 Friday, December 1, 1882
Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
December 1, 1882
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History