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Cart-Saddle
Patent for a more animal-friendly saddle to attach a horse to a cart by adjusting the way the girth is handled as the cart is loaded.
Date:
April 1, 1879
Creator:
Franks, Ely Anderson
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Letter to Mary Jones, 13 July 1879
Letter from Cromwell Anson Jones, son of the last president of the Republic of Texas. The original letter is housed in the University of North Texas Archives.
Date:
July 13, 1879
Creator:
Jones, C. Anson
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Speed and Time Recorders.
Patent for improvements in recording instruments to "document of all the movements of a locomotive while in charge of the engineer, to record any stoppages that may be made; the duration of such stoppages, and any backward motion of the locomotive at any point during the trip." (Lines 7-13) Illustration is included.
Date:
September 9, 1879
Creator:
Richardson, John D.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Devices for Transmitting Rotary Motion.
Patent for an improvement to devices that transmit rotary motion from one shaft to another. It is comprised of a wheel on a rotary shaft that has has a groove that grips an angular nut mounted on a shaft.
Date:
December 23, 1879
Creator:
Howe, Milton G.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Odometers.
Patent for an improvement to odometers used for measuring distance traveled in motor vehicles.
Date:
July 15, 1879
Creator:
Richardson, John D.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Baling-Presses.
Patent for improvements to presses used for baling cotton and other materials, including illustrations.
Date:
April 8, 1879
Creator:
McGowen, Edmond Felder
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Blow-Off Cocks.
Patent for improvement in blow-off cocks used in locomotives and steam boilers, including an illustration.
Date:
August 5, 1879
Creator:
Harrop, Benjamin B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History