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Tobacco Substitute.
Patent for an improvement in tobacco substitutes, by using a combination of ingredients that “will completely destroy all desire for tobacco and thus enables them to discontinue its use without any of the inconvenience or suffering,” (lines 18-21) ingredients of the compound are included. No illustration.
Date:
March 24, 1891
Creator:
Miller, Levi, H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Process of Tanning.
Patent for improvements in tanning by steaming the broom-weed (Amphiachyris dracunculoides) to extract liquor and gradually condense the liquor into a strong solution as tanning ingredient for treatment of hides or skins. No illustration.
Date:
October 13, 1891
Creator:
Turner, Robert W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Siphon.
Patent for a new siphon used to convey and distribute water for any purposes where it may necessary to convey water over elevations from a higher plane to a lower one, including illustrations.
Date:
November 3, 1891
Creator:
Damron, John H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling.
Patent for improvements in car-couplings by using a draw-head having a chamber and a recess from its upper face into the chamber, of a coupling-dog pivoted in the recess and having a notch in its under faces and a hook at its forward end...... and the chain and levers connected with the said eyes.” (Lines 32-41) Illustration is included.
Date:
September 8, 1891
Creator:
Lewis, Thomas E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Palo Pinto Sheet
Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:125000
Date:
1891
Creator:
Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History