Cover or Closure For Jars. (open access)

Cover or Closure For Jars.

Patent for a new and useful cover or closure for jars, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 11, 1899
Creator: Shaw, Wilber S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Folding Bed for Vehicles. (open access)

Folding Bed for Vehicles.

Patent for a new and improved folding bed for vehicles, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 18, 1899
Creator: Lotherington, Thomas
System: The Portal to Texas History
Telephone System. (open access)

Telephone System.

Patent for "a novel arrangement of circuits in connection with a pair of telephone-receivers at each subscriber's station, whereby the subscriber can cut out the station, so that the conversation is being carried on between two subscribers cannot be heard by the other subscribers on the same line" (lines 9-17).
Date: July 4, 1899
Creator: Bennett, William W.
System: The Portal to Texas History