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Apparatus for Freezing Wine.
Patent for a device that cools wine and liquor. The device "will produce the desired results in much shorter time than is now employed by the common method and apparatus" (lines 11-14).
Date:
May 9, 1893
Creator:
Wadhams, Arthur
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Funnel.
Patent for an improved funnel that is meant to transfer liquids into receptacles with small openings, "the object being to provide a novel construction whereby a valve is automatically closed when the receptacle is full or the liquid has reached the proper level, so as to cut off the supply and prevent overflow which frequently occurs in using the ordinary funnels, resulting in loss and waste" (lines 16-23).
Date:
June 27, 1893
Creator:
Wright, George H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cooking Utensil.
Patent for a cooking utensil that is used to cook cereal and similar food articles "that are boiled, steamed, or heated by the agency of boiling water, the objects being to provide a sauce-pan or other suitable vessel, with novel interior parts, that will facilitate the cooking of oatmeal, mush, grits, rice, or other cereals, without danger of their burning, dispensing with need of constant attention, and effecting the operation in a speedy, thorough manner" (lines 11-19).
Date:
November 14, 1893
Creator:
Nicholls, George Habberton
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Projectile for Fire-Escapes.
Patent for a rope fire escape "in the form of a harpoon to which a chord or rope is attached, said device being projected from a gun or by any other means against the burning building with sufficient force to embed itself therein so that any suitable apparatus may be elevated to the building necessary for the escape of the inmates or so that the person or persons may descend by the rope attached to the harpoon" (lines 14-22).
Date:
April 18, 1893
Creator:
Martin, Johan
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fire-Escape.
Patent for a fire-escape that uses ropes and pulleys held up by brackets and attached to a window. A receptacle is at the end of the rope and is designed to lower people from the building to the ground.
Date:
April 18, 1893
Creator:
Martin, Johan
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fire-Escape.
Patent for a fire escape "with a cord or rope of suitable length which has at one end a weight to serve as a projectile to facilitate throwing the cord or rope to a person at any part of the burning building, after which the fire-escape or other device necessary for the purpose may be conveniently elevated to the window or other portion of the building where most needed for the rescue of person or property" (lines 14-22). It is adapted to assist firemen.
Date:
April 18, 1893
Creator:
Martin, Johan
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Feeder for Printing-Presses.
Patent for a feeder for printing-presses that "takes one sheet of paper at a time from a pile on the feed-board and delivers it within reach of the nippers to the press, as straight and true as it laid on the feed-board" (lines 11-14). The feeder has an improved design with adjustable retaining plates, a feed-board, a guard bar with sleeves that slide on the bar, retaining plates, pins with thumb-screws, brushes, and gage-blocks.
Date:
August 8, 1893
Creator:
Orser, Levi
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Flue for Cotton-Condensers
Patent for a flue to be used in the Rembert system of bailing cotton. The flue is comprised of a series of valves to help regulate air flow in the condenser so as to aid in the uniform deposit of fibers maintaining a uniform shape throughout.
Date:
January 24, 1893
Creator:
Crooks, William
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sewer-Trap.
Patent for a sewer trap that prevents "the grease and other extraneous matter from sinks, and other fixtures in the house to effect a logment in the sewer, to the consequent obstruction and clogging up of the same" (lines 16-20). This makes sewers healthier and require less maintenance.
Date:
October 17, 1893
Creator:
Heffron, Isaac
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railroad-Rail.
Patent for an improved railroad rail that is "composed of track or running rails proper and supplementary rails bolted to the track rails and having a laterally-projecting top portion which serves as a wheel guard or lateral brace for the track rails" (lines 14-19).
Date:
October 17, 1893
Creator:
Keenan, Michael J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Refrigerator.
Patent for a refrigerator that consists of a rectangular chest with "the inclosing casing provided at its upper end with a compartment or ice-chest having a space surrounding the same" (lines 28-30), a gap between the ice chest and the opening, a valved opening, and a food container below the ice chest.
Date:
November 21, 1893
Creator:
Baggett, Thomas A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railway-Joint.
Patent for a railway-joint in which "the chairs at the sides of the rails have a dovetail connection with a connecting block or tie extending through the webs of the rails" (lines 9-12). The invention has an improved construction, can be adjusted, and can be laterally removed from the rails.
Date:
August 8, 1893
Creator:
Brown, John S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railroad-Crossing.
Patent for a simple and durable railroad-crossing that "consists of a center piece, and two side pieces for clamping the main track rails in place" (lines 12-14). It can be easily set up and connected with the rails.
Date:
December 26, 1893
Creator:
Keenan, Michael J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plant-Protector.
Patent for an adjustable shade that protects plants from direct sunlight while still allowing some light to reach the plant.
Date:
March 14, 1893
Creator:
Gruetzmacher, Louis
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dredging Apparatus.
Patent for an improved dredging apparatus "and it consists in combining with the well known bucket chain form of excavator a suction pipe provided with a hopper and a crushing or breaking device so that the material being deposited in the hopper by the continuously moving buckets will be carried under the action of gravity to the breaking or crushing device and thence through a suction pipe and pump and delivery pipe to the place of deposit" (lines 9-18).
Date:
February 14, 1893
Creator:
Douglas, William M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Digging-Machine.
Patent for an improved, simple, effective, and durable excavator meant to remove sand-bars. It consists of a hollow drum that is drug across the sandbar, and it picks up sand with shovels on the drum.
Date:
November 21, 1893
Creator:
Bentinck, Eliza J. & Renner, Julia A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas Union Workman. (Galveston and Houston, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 20, Ed. 1 Saturday, August 19, 1893
Weekly newspaper from Galveston and Houston, Texas "indorsed [sic] by the organized labor of Texas" that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
August 19, 1893
Creator:
Hartman, A. W.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Galveston Harbor, Texas
Map shows Galveston, Texas street grid, Bolivar Point railroad line, existing and proposed jetties, and Galveston Bay entrance. Depths shown by isolines. Includes key to map.
Date:
1893
Creator:
Hartrick, E. M.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Galveston Entrance Texas.
Map shows northeast end of Galveston Island, Pelican Island, and Bolivar Point. Streets, railroads, and a few buildings are indicated. Notes on soundings, light houses, light vessels, tides, buoys, and weather signals are provided. Depths shown by soundings. Scale [1:40,000].
Date:
1893
Creator:
U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas City: first and second divisions.
Map shows late nineteenth century lot numbers and harbor details in Texas City, Texas. Inset: [Map showing location of Texas City, Texas]. No scale noted.
Date:
1893
Creator:
Texas City Improvement Company
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Galveston Daily News. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 52, No. 72, Ed. 1 Saturday, June 3, 1893
Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
June 3, 1893
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Galveston Daily News. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 52, No. 119, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 20, 1893
Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
July 20, 1893
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Galveston Daily News. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 52, No. 31, Ed. 1 Sunday, April 23, 1893
Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
April 23, 1893
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Galveston Daily News. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 51, No. 313, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 31, 1893
Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
January 31, 1893
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History