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Rotary Engine
Patent for "a new and improved rotary engine which is simple and durable in construction and very effective in operation, using the steam expansively and to the fullest advantage, at the same time being adapted to compound engines" (lines 8-12).
Date:
November 5, 1889
Creator:
Akers, William P.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Starter
Patent for "a new and improved car-starter adapted for all kinds of cars and vehicles, being specially of great value on grades" (lines 8-11).
Date:
February 5, 1889
Creator:
Akers, William P. & Lindsey, John C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Churn Motor.
Patent for a new and improved churn-motor. This design consists in "[t]he combination of the frame, the rock-shaft arranged longitudinally in the top of the same and having the arm and the cross-head, the dasher-rods pivoted to the cross-head, the crank-shaft journaled transversely in the frame below the rock-shaft and having the fly-wheel and the pulley, the pitman connecting the crank-shaft and the arm, the driving-shaft arranged transversely in the frame, the pulley thereon, and the belt connecting the pulleys" (lines 64-74).
Date:
June 18, 1889
Creator:
Anderson, Henry C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hame Fastener.
Patent for a new and improved hame-fastener. This design "is to provide a fastener . . . which is of simple construction, which can be readily adjusted, and in which all strain is removed from the pivot of the locking-dog, thus obviating any breakage of the pivot, whatever may be the strain" (lines 17-23).
Date:
July 9, 1889
Creator:
Anderson, Lee
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press
Patent for "a device of this class which shall be simple in construction, in which considerable power ma be exercised without the use of complicated machinery, and which shall be rapid and effective in operation" (lines 9-14).
Date:
July 23, 1889
Creator:
Anderson, Zachariah J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Corn or Cotton Planter.
Patent for a new and improved planter. This design consists in "the combination, with the hopper and the seed-slide therein having one end projecting from one end of the hopper, of the reciprocating yoke having its rear portion angular in cross-section and its front portion cylindrical in cross-section and having an arm at one end to engage the opening in the projecting end of the seed-slide, the angular and cylindrical bearings for the respective parts of the yoke, whereby the latter may be unshipped from or attached to the seed-slide, and the mechanism to reciprocate the yoke" (lines 71-83).
Date:
April 23, 1889
Creator:
Armstrong, John Joshua & Lowrey, Andrew Stephen
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mold for Making Sewers.
Patent for a new and improved sewer mold. This design consists in "[a]n expansible and contractible reversible mold for sewers, in form in cross-section of either a semi-circle, semi-ellipse, or semi-ovate, formed of segmental portions hinged together and provided with stay-braces and thrusting tie-rods" (lines 76-81).
Date:
June 18, 1889
Creator:
Baade, John
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Shutter Fastener.
Patent for a new and improved blind fastening. This design "relates to an improvement in fastenings for outside blinds, shutters, or the like, and the purpose of [the] device is to provide a fastening that cannot be unlocked from the outside, even though slats be cut from the blinds or shutters to which the fastening is applied and two hands or arms are thrust through within reach of the said fastening. [The] fastening has two catching-latches, one locking and holding latch, and one bolt, all to be operated simultaneously when the blind is closed against the sill, [so] said blind may be released" (lines 12-24).
Date:
March 19, 1889
Creator:
Bachman, Joseph A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combination Railroad Cross Tie.
Patent for a new and improved railroad-ties. This design "pertains to certain new and useful improvements in railroad-ties, having for its object the production of a metallic tie extremely simple in construction, and by means of which a rail can be readily removed or secured in place and a firm elastic bearing is secured for said rail" (lines 14-20).
Date:
May 21, 1889
Creator:
Bagby, William Henry
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Condenser for Baling-Press
Patent for "a device capable of being applied to any horizontal baling-press for the purpose of compressing the charge of hay or other material before it enters the baling-chamber" (lines 10-14).
Date:
November 12, 1889
Creator:
Bailey, James W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Door Check.
Patent for a new and improved door-check. This design consists in "the combination, with a sliding-bolt provided with a wedge-plate, of the catch or slide mounted on the bolt and capable of a limited longitudinal movement, and the adjustable bar arranged between the adjacent edges of the wedge-plate and the catch or slide and tapered toward its lower end to fit the edges of the wedge-plate and catch or slide, the said adjustable bar being provided with a stud which operates in a suitable transverse guide-slot, whereby the bar is held from longitudinal movement" (lines 26-37).
Date:
February 26, 1889
Creator:
Baker, Owen T.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Device for Holding Paper over Cakes in Ovens.
Patent for a new and improved paper-holder for cake baking. With this design, "[a] cake is placed in the oven, the holder placed in position over it, the hoop or frame raised, and a paper placed upon [another] hoop. The [first] hoop is then pressed down upon it, when the cake may be baked without the top being scorched" (lines 40-45).
Date:
December 3, 1889
Creator:
Balfour, Emma
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Planter.
Patent for a new and improved planter. This design consists in "[t]he combination . . . of the oscillating hopper having the opening in its lower side, the slides on the bottom of the hopper, having the slots, the set-screws engaging said slots and securing the slides in place, the seed-slide guided between the opposing edges of the slides, and the operating-lever pivoted on one of the screws and engaging the seed-slide" (lines 62-70).
Date:
February 5, 1889
Creator:
Ballard, Johnathan J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Albany News. (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 19, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 8, 1889
Weekly newspaper from Albany, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
August 8, 1889
Creator:
Barber, G. P.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Albany News. (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 20, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 15, 1889
Weekly newspaper from Albany, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
August 15, 1889
Creator:
Barber, G. P.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Printing Device
Patent for "improvements in automatic printing devices. . .whereby the printing is effected b the movement of the paper or fabric on which the printing is done" (lines 10-16).
Date:
July 23, 1889
Creator:
Barradall, Norborne D. & Bradley, Andrew Jackson
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Anti-Freezing Tank Valve.
Patent for a new and improved tank valve. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the tank, its valve and lever, and valve-rod, of the frost-chamber having an annular space to receive the non-freezing compound, the stuffing-box around the rod and screw-threaded at the ends, and the screw-threaded caps . . . having necks and flanges" (lines 7-13).
Date:
June 11, 1889
Creator:
Barrett, William Henry
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Splicing Device.
Patent for a new and improved wire splicer. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the casing, of the wires entering the casing at the opposite sides of the respective ends and bent in opposite directions, so as to interlock within the casing, said casing being bent down . . . at each end" (lines 62-67).
Date:
April 9, 1889
Creator:
Basel, John Conrad
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Liniment.
Patent for an antiseptic liniment comprised of flaxseed oil, turpentine, and sulphuric acid.
Date:
February 19, 1889
Creator:
Bates, David
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Seed Cleaner.
Patent for a new and improved cotton-seed cleaner. This design "is to be used in connection with a machine for removing short lint from cotton-seed . . . The object of the invention is to provide a new and improved cotton-seed cleaner, which is simple and durable in construction and very effectively removes all impurities from the shell of the seed. . . . The invention consists of a revolving horizontal disk-brush and of a fixed table provided with emery-slabs and perforated plates and in contact with the brush" (lines 8-21).
Date:
March 19, 1889
Creator:
Baumgarten, Christian
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dallam County
Map of the Panhandle Plains region covering Dallam County, Texas. The center of Dallam County is marked on map. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date:
October 1889
Creator:
Beaumont, G. N.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hansford Co.
Cadastral map of Hansford County, Texas, showing property lines, ownership, land grants, and plat numbers. The map also includes towns, roads, railroads, rivers, and creeks. No scale indicated.
Date:
September 1889
Creator:
Beaumont, G. N.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hansford County
Map of the Panhandle Plains region covering Hansford County, Texas. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date:
1889
Creator:
Beaumont, G. N.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hansford County
County map of the Panhandle Plains region covering Hansford County
Date:
September 1889
Creator:
Beaumont, G. N.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History