Music-Leaf Turner. (open access)

Music-Leaf Turner.

Patent for a music-leaf turner to be used on pianos. It can turn pages to the right or left and the pianist need not use their hands. The pianist depresses a pedal with their foot to turn a page.
Date: June 30, 1896
Creator: Stinson, James C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Permutation-Padlock. (open access)

Permutation-Padlock.

Patent for a permutation-padlock that "has for its object to provide a simple, inexpensive, and efficient construction and arrangement of parts whereby the bolt is firmly held in its locked position, and whereby the combinations may be changed with facility, and without opening the lock-casing" (lines 8-14).
Date: June 30, 1896
Creator: Wilcox, Ferdenand S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Synopsis of the Weasels of North America (open access)

Synopsis of the Weasels of North America

Classification of the one ferret and 22 weasel species and subspecies, with 11 described for the first time.
Date: June 30, 1896
Creator: Merriam, C. Hart
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library