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Automatic Car Uncoupler.
Patent for a new and improved car uncoupler. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with a coupling adapted to hold two cars together, of an uncoupler comprising a lever pivotally connected to the car, a weight supported on the car and connected to said lever, and a connection between the weight-operated lever and the coupling for operating it, to separate the cars upon the dropping of the weight" (lines 4-11).
Date:
June 7, 1887
Creator:
Flett, John Henry
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Coupling.
Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design has for its object "to provide a coupler which may be used in connection with an ordinary pin-and-link coupler, or with a novel form of draw-pin formed especially for use in connection with the coupler . . . the object of the invention being to so arrange the parts that cars may be automatically coupled and uncoupled without entering the spaces between the ends of the approaching cars" (lines 8-17).
Date:
June 7, 1887
Creator:
Flett, John Henry
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Blacking Brush.
Patent for a new and improved blacking brush. This design "relates to an improvement in boot-blacking brushes so disposed that fluid blacking may be used; and to this end [the design] provide[s] a reservoir at one end with a forwardly-projecting tube or nozzle therefrom, the said reservoir having a disk at one side, so that when pressed the liquid will be forced through the nozzle upon the boot" (lines 13-20).
Date:
August 2, 1887
Creator:
England, William
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Composition To Be Used As A Non-Conductor Of Heat And For Other Purposes.
Patent for a non-conducting material designed to prevent heat loss from radiation, prevent damage from frost, for fire-proofing, and for "the deafening of floors and partitions" (lines 21-22). Ingredients and proportions are listed.
Date:
August 30, 1887
Creator:
Clayton, Nicholas Joseph.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Berth.
Patent for a new and improved car berth. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with a car formed with an opening, recess, or compartment, of a berth consisting of a series of parallel slats connected together by flexible connections and adapted to be rolled up . . . and end supports adapted to be independently folded each upon itself, so that they may be concealed below the rolled berth, the inner side of the berth and the inner ends of the supports being secured within the opening" (lines 49-58).
Date:
September 27, 1887
Creator:
Tull, Francis Schales
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Ventilator.
Patent for a new and improved car-ventilator. This design consists in "an eduction pipe arranged lengthwise of the car" (lines 103-104). It further consists in a casing "at the end of the pipe, the fan-wheel mounted upon a shaft within said casing, [another] casing arranged adjacent to the [first] casing, a fan-wheel arranged within [a third] casing upon an extension of the shaft, and valves in the eduction pipe, to be opened and closed by the air" (lines 1-7).
Date:
October 11, 1887
Creator:
Tull, Francis Shalis
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Evening Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 105, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 6, 1887
Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
January 6, 1887
Creator:
Burson, J. W.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Evening Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 129, Ed. 1 Monday, January 31, 1887
Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
January 31, 1887
Creator:
Burson, J. W.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Evening Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 125, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 26, 1887
Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
January 26, 1887
Creator:
Burson, J. W.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Evening Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 128, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 29, 1887
Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
January 29, 1887
Creator:
Burson, J. W.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Evening Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 126, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 27, 1887
Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
January 27, 1887
Creator:
Burson, J. W.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Evening Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 123, Ed. 1 Monday, January 24, 1887
Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
January 24, 1887
Creator:
Burson, J. W.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Evening Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 118, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 18, 1887
Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
January 18, 1887
Creator:
Burson, J. W.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Evening Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 120, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 20, 1887
Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
January 20, 1887
Creator:
Burson, J. W.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Evening Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 115, Ed. 1 Friday, January 14, 1887
Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
January 14, 1887
Creator:
Burson, J. W.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Evening Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 117, Ed. 1 Monday, January 17, 1887
Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
January 17, 1887
Creator:
Burson, J. W.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Evening Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 119, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 19, 1887
Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
January 19, 1887
Creator:
Burson, J. W.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Evening Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 104, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 5, 1887
Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
January 5, 1887
Creator:
Burson, J. W.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Evening Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 100, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 1, 1887
Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
January 1, 1887
Creator:
Burson, J. W.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Evening Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 116, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 15, 1887
Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
January 15, 1887
Creator:
Burson, J. W.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Evening Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 114, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 13, 1887
Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
January 13, 1887
Creator:
Burson, J. W.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Evening Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 102, Ed. 1 Monday, January 3, 1887
Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
January 3, 1887
Creator:
Burson, J. W.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Evening Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 113, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 12, 1887
Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
January 12, 1887
Creator:
Burson, J. W.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Evening Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 122, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 22, 1887
Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
January 22, 1887
Creator:
Burson, J. W.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History