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Telephone Attachment. (open access)

Telephone Attachment.

Patent for a telephone attachment for multi-party lines, which allows the user to hold the line against eavesdropping by other users on the line and let multiple people use the line at the same time.
Date: November 23, 1909
Creator: Mitchell, Charles B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Car-Couplings. (open access)

Improvement in Car-Couplings.

Patent for an improved automatic car-coupling, including illustrations.
Date: November 23, 1875
Creator: Harper, Derastus
System: The Portal to Texas History