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The Orange Tribune. (Orange City, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 1, Ed. 1 Friday, October 22, 1886 (open access)

The Orange Tribune. (Orange City, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 1, Ed. 1 Friday, October 22, 1886

Weekly newspaper from Orange, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: October 22, 1886
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Balanced Slide Valve. (open access)

Balanced Slide Valve.

Patent for a new and improved balanced slide-valve. This design consists in a "Steam-chest, a valve sliding therein, a chamber on top of the steam-chest, and a diaphragm in the top of the chamber and secured by a cap or plate, in combination with a frame having a packing-box and gland, an adjustable threaded stem or bolt passing through the frame, and the double-link connection between the said stem and valve" (lines 90-97).
Date: October 12, 1886
Creator: Bettis, William Irvin
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

Orange County

Map of Orange County, Texas, including the Gulf Coast region. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: July 1886
Creator: Blau, F. G.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History