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Bicycle-Wheel.
Patent for an improved rear bicycle-wheel. It has one hub, two rims, two sets of spokes and tires. This invention is meant to be safer and has the qualities of a tricycle. It is meant for a woman's bicycle.
Date:
January 14, 1896
Creator:
Broers, Henry
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Portrait of Leslie Spindler as a Baby]
Photograph of Leslie Spindler (1892-1986) as a baby. He wears a white dress and rests on a cushion with a flower print. A note on the back states he was a veteran of World War I in his later life.
Date:
1896/1900~
Creator:
Deane
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gas-Generating Apparatus.
Patent for a gas-generator, especially generating acetylene, "with uniformity of flow of gas and at a uniform pressure" (lines 15-16). It is simple and can be constructed in many sizes. "This apparatus is especially adapted for generating gas and mixing it with air from that class of chemicals that generate gas from water by decomposition thereof and by affinity for oxygen or hydrogen" (lines 25-30).
Date:
September 15, 1896
Creator:
Eldridge, Hilliary
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Composition of Matter for Manufacturing Calcium Carbid.
Patent for a compound for use in commercial manufacturing of the product calcium sodic carbid claiming to reduce time and expense of production process.
Date:
November 10, 1896
Creator:
Eldridge, Hilliary; Clark, Daniel Johnson & Wambaugh, Mahlon W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Press.
Patent for "a compress having a continuous operation, whereby one bale of cotton is being formed by the compress all the time the same is working, and thereby rendering it unnecessary to completely stop the working of the entire press for every single bale made until the bale can be wrapped and discharged out of the press." (Lines 15-22) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
April 14, 1896
Creator:
Griffin, Thomas J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Press.
Patent for a cotton-press with "new and useful roller-compresses for making bales of cotton into a cylindrical or roll-form, and also having simple and efficient mechanism for continuously forming a bale all the time the compress is in operation, which result has heretofore been impossible in presses of that character employing only one pair of compressing-rolls" (lines 9-17).
Date:
June 16, 1896
Creator:
Griffin, Thomas J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Tax Receipt for W. K. McAlpine, 1896]
Receipt for taxes paid by W. K. McAlpine to H. M. Trueheart and Co.
Date:
November 28, 1896
Creator:
H. M. Trueheart & Company
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Tax Statement From H. M. Trueheart, 1895]
Receipt from H. M. Trueheart & Company to W. K. McAlpine for taxes paid on behalf of the estate of S. J. McAlpine.
Date:
January 17, 1896
Creator:
H. M. Trueheart & Company
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Transplanter.
Patent for a machine that transplants small plants while avoiding "clogging of the mud in soft soil" (line 20). It has a cylindrical cutter and a cylindrical plunger that fits just inside it. The plunger is usually away from the base of the cutter, and an adjustable rod extends from the plunger.
Date:
August 11, 1896
Creator:
Harris, Hiram S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rocking-Chair Fan.
Patent for a rocking chair fan that spins when the operator begins rocking in the chair. It easily adjusts to any model of rocking chair and is noiseless.
Date:
July 21, 1896
Creator:
Martyr, Leonard W. & Martyr, Ernest E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Envelop.
Patent for envelops "used to inclose articles of value, and provision of means and structural conformation whereby any surreptitious handling thereof will be detected." (Lines 11-14) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 8, 1896
Creator:
Mayer, Walter S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Morrison & Fourmy's General Directory of the City of Galveston: 1896-1897
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 "1896-97."
Date:
1896/1897
Creator:
Morrison & Fourmy
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Galveston Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 35, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 1, 1896
Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
January 1, 1896
Creator:
Ousley, Clarence
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Galveston Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 36, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 2, 1896
Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
January 2, 1896
Creator:
Ousley, Clarence
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Galveston Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 37, Ed. 1 Friday, January 3, 1896
Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
January 3, 1896
Creator:
Ousley, Clarence
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Galveston Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 38, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 4, 1896
Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
January 4, 1896
Creator:
Ousley, Clarence
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Galveston Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 39, Ed. 1 Sunday, January 5, 1896
Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
January 5, 1896
Creator:
Ousley, Clarence
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Galveston Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 40, Ed. 1 Monday, January 6, 1896
Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
January 6, 1896
Creator:
Ousley, Clarence
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Galveston Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 41, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 7, 1896
Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
January 7, 1896
Creator:
Ousley, Clarence
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Galveston Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 42, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 8, 1896
Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
January 8, 1896
Creator:
Ousley, Clarence
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Galveston Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 43, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 9, 1896
Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
January 9, 1896
Creator:
Ousley, Clarence
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Galveston Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 44, Ed. 1 Friday, January 10, 1896
Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
January 10, 1896
Creator:
Ousley, Clarence
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Galveston Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 45, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 11, 1896
Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
January 11, 1896
Creator:
Ousley, Clarence
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Galveston Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 46, Ed. 1 Sunday, January 12, 1896
Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
January 12, 1896
Creator:
Ousley, Clarence
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History