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Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Court of Appeals of the State of Texas During the Latter Part of the Galveston Term, 1880 and the Early Part of the Austin Term, 1880: Volume 8
Compilation of judicial court decisions, opinions, and other documentation for cases heard in the Texas Court of Appeals in 1880. Index starts on page 673.
Date:
1880
Creator:
Jackson, A. M & Jackson, A. M., Jr.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Federal Reporter. Volume 1: Cases Argued and Determined in the Circuit and District Courts of the United States. March-May, 1880.
The Federal Reporter contains the text of decisions and commentary regarding cases tried in circuit and district courts throughout the United States. The opinions printed in the volumes include both written statements and oral comments transcribed for publication. Index of cases starts on page v.
Date:
1880
Creator:
Boyle, Peyton
Object Type:
Legislative Document
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Federal Reporter. Volume 2: Cases Argued and Determined in the Circuit and District Courts of the United States. May-July, 1880.
The Federal Reporter contains the text of decisions and commentary regarding cases tried in circuit and district courts throughout the United States. The opinions printed in the volumes include both written statements and oral comments transcribed for publication. Index of cases starts on page iii.
Date:
1880
Creator:
Boyle, Peyton
Object Type:
Legislative Document
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Federal Reporter. Volume 3: Cases Argued and Determined in the Circuit and District Courts of the United States. July-October, 1880.
The Federal Reporter contains the text of decisions and commentary regarding cases tried in circuit and district courts throughout the United States. The opinions printed in the volumes include both written statements and oral comments transcribed for publication. Index of cases starts on page iii.
Date:
1880
Creator:
Boyle, Peyton
Object Type:
Legislative Document
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 1, Volume 1.
Records of the War of the Rebellion include copies of army correspondence (reports, letters, telegrams, and general orders) from both the Union and Confederate Armies discussing their operations. The first series contains formal reports which, according to the preface in Volume 1, will be arranged "according to the campaigns and several theaters of operations (in the chronological order of the events), and the Union reports of any event will, as a rule, be immediately followed by the Confederate accounts" (p. iii). Index starts on page 693.
Date:
1880
Creator:
United States. War Department.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 1, Volume 2.
Records of the War of the Rebellion include copies of army correspondence (reports, letters, telegrams, and general orders) from both the Union and Confederate Armies discussing their operations. The first series contains formal reports which, according to the preface in Volume 1, will be arranged "according to the campaigns and several theaters of operations (in the chronological order of the events), and the Union reports of any event will, as a rule, be immediately followed by the Confederate accounts" (p. iii). Index starts on page 1013.
Date:
1880
Creator:
United States. War Department.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 1, Volume 21.
Records of the War of the Rebellion include copies of army correspondence (reports, letters, telegrams, and general orders) from both the Union and Confederate Armies discussing their operations. The first series contains formal reports which, according to the preface in Volume 1, will be arranged "according to the campaigns and several theaters of operations (in the chronological order of the events), and the Union reports of any event will, as a rule, be immediately followed by the Confederate accounts" (p. iii). Index starts on page 1153.
Date:
1880
Creator:
United States. War Department.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Hook and Buckle.
Patent for a new and improved combined hook and buckle. This design "protect[s] straps from wear at the point of attachment to or contact with rings or eyes" (lines 12-14). This patent references another, the invention of which this one is intended to supplement.
Date:
January 13, 1880
Creator:
Padgitt, Tom.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Door Fastening.
Patent for sliding car-door fastening to improve the fastening of said car-door.
Date:
January 20, 1880
Creator:
Buser, William H. & Shaw, Burrell L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cloth-Measuring Machine.
Patent for a cloth cleaning machine to "furnish bagging-reels, so constructed that the bagging can be conveniently unwound from the roll, measured automatically, and again wound into a roll" (lines 13-17).
Date:
January 20, 1880
Creator:
Dodson, Orson W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fruit-Gatherer.
Patent for "improving fruit-gatherers designed to be thrust into a tree and cull each fruit separately" (lines 17-20).
Date:
January 20, 1880
Creator:
Eddleman, James P.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rotary-Engine.
Patent for a new and improved rotary engine. This design consists "of a wheel provided with radially-sliding pistons and revolving within a fixed circumferential steam-chest, and having fixed on its axle an eccentric and spring, that operate to throw the pistons or floats outward to receive the pressure of the steam or other motor that is to drive the engine" (lines 19-26).
Date:
January 20, 1880
Creator:
Adams, James Ansley
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Washing-Machine.
Patent for an improved washing machine: "The invention consists in combining a lower cylinder having longitudinal spiral grooves with an upper cylinder having longitudinal straight grooves and holes" (lines 14-17).
Date:
January 20, 1880
Creator:
Dorris, George W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Compressed-Air Water-Elevator.
Patent for new and improved compressed air water elevator to lift water from reservoirs.
Date:
January 27, 1880
Creator:
Keating, Thomas, B.; Clarke, Lafe. W. & Gelatt, Wallace W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bird-Cage.
Patent for improvements in bird cages by "having a woven-wire casing the meshes of which cannot be penetrated by ordinary insects, such as flies,&c., will be lured into the cage to be devoured by the bird" (lines 16-21).
Date:
February 3, 1880
Creator:
Flato, Fridrich W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stylographic Fountain-Pen.
Patent for stylographic fountain pens to improve them by allowing the "ink to flow freely from the point of the pen" (line 35) and allowing easy, pressurized ink refills.
Date:
February 3, 1880
Creator:
Fisher, Charles N. & Downes, Charles L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Windmill.
Patent for windmills by making them self-regulating and "it consists in the construction and arrangement of devices whereby the force of the wind is made to move the wind-wheel and crank-shift backward and turn the vane, and also in the devices for turning the vane at will" (lines 14-18).
Date:
February 3, 1880
Creator:
Tevis, James H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Recording Ballot-Box.
Patent for a recording ballot box to "indicate accurately and instantly the result of an election" (line 10-12).
Date:
February 10, 1880
Creator:
Buck, James G. H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Spark-Arrester.
Patent for the "construction of a spark-arrester adapted to the smoke-stack of any locomotive" (lines 12-13) detailing a new and better combination and arrangement of plates and screens.
Date:
February 10, 1880
Creator:
Wiggin, John E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Uterine-Supporter.
Patent for a new and improved pessary, or uterine supporter. This design "provides an easy and flexible support . . . and one that will adapt itself to the flexions of the body . . . and one that can be readily removed" (lines 36-40).
Date:
February 10, 1880
Creator:
Long, Cornelius Pruett
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Washing-Machine.
Patent for washing-machines that "employ a circular corrugated or fluted bed with a conical roller revolving about a central post" (lines 12-14).
Date:
February 10, 1880
Creator:
Austin, Thomas J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Saddle-Tree Fork.
Patent for a new and improved saddle-tree fork. This design "strengthen[s] the iron fork by means of a bent wooden part" (lines 14-15). It also utilizes ribs running into and through the neck cavity, which strengthens the neck of the saddle, as when bearing the strain of a lasso.
Date:
February 17, 1880
Creator:
Mittendorf, Gustav Adolph
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Churn-Power.
Patent for a new and improved motorized churn. This design "has for its object to provide a means for converting a rotary into a reciprocating movement and regulating the range of the reciprocating mechanism" (lines 15-18).
Date:
February 24, 1880
Creator:
Britain, Thomas J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Electric Car-Brake.
Patent for a new and improved electric car-brake. This design "consists in a car-brake formed of a pinion attached to the car axle, the pinion taking in a ratchet-wheel provided with a projecting pin, that enters into the slots of a wheel provided with a sleeve, upon which the brake chain is wound, which sleeve can be moved on the axle by means of a lever that is actuated by a rod passing into a helix connected with a battery to the locomotive" (lines 11-19).
Date:
February 24, 1880
Creator:
Conover, Philip Vorus
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History