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United States Geological Survey Reports
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Academic Year 1887
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Academic Year 1888
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Fiscal Year 1888
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Texas State Department of Education Biennial Report
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Report of the Comptroller of Public Accounts of the State of Texas: 1888
Annual report of the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts documenting financial records including disbursements and transactions made by the office during fiscal year 1888. Index starts on page iii.
Date:
November 5, 1888
Creator:
Texas. Comptroller's Office.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts Annual Report: 1887
Annual report of the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts documenting financial records including disbursements and transactions made by the office during fiscal year 1887.
Date:
1888
Creator:
Texas. Comptroller's Office.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas Superintendent of Public Instruction Biennial Report: 1887-1888
Biennial report of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction and the Texas Department of Education discussing the educational needs in the state, documenting information and statistics regarding schools and students, and reporting on agency activities.
Date:
1888
Creator:
Texas. State Department of Education.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas Superintendent of Public Instruction Biennial Report: 1887-1888
Biennial report of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction and the Texas Department of Education discussing the educational needs in the state, documenting information and statistics regarding schools and students, and reporting on agency activities for the scholastic years 1887 and 1888.
Date:
1888
Creator:
Texas. State Department of Education.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The Portal to Texas History
North Texas Hospital for the Insane Annual Report: 1888
Annual report of the North Texas Hospital for the Insane, providing data about operations, updates about programs, and other information related to activities at the hospital.
Date:
1888
Creator:
North Texas Hospital for the Insane
Object Type:
Report
System:
The Portal to Texas History
On the Form and Position of the Sea Level
A report about sea level change and problems and methods pertaining to measuring it.
Date:
1888
Creator:
Woodward, Robert Simpson
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Nature and Origin of Deposits of Phosphate of Lime
A report which provides information about American phosphate of lime deposits.
Date:
1888
Creator:
Penrose, R. A. F., Jr.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Analyses of Waters of the Yellowstone National Park With an Account of the Methods of Analyses Employed
A report about 43 different waters made up of geysers, hot springs, mud springs, cold springs, and surface waters found within the limits of Yellowstone Park.
Date:
1888
Creator:
Gooch, Frank Austin & Whitefield, James Edward
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Hamilton 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:
1888
Creator:
Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Meridian 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:
1888
Creator:
Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bobbin Winder for Sewing Machines.
Patent for a new and improved bobbin winder. This design consists in "the combination, with the main driving-shaft carrying a disk and rotated by the driving-belt of the sewing-machine, of a second shaft in axial line with the said driving-shaft and having a longitudinal movement, a disk held on the said second shaft, a bobbin held by its flanges in said disks, and rollers pressing against the bobbin in the front and rear" (lines 50-58).
Date:
October 30, 1888
Creator:
Lewis, Annie
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling
Patent for "an automatic car-coupling which may be uncoupled from the sides of the cars, and which will allow of a car on which it is provided being coupled to a car provided with the ordinary link-and-pin coupling" (lines 7-12).
Date:
October 30, 1888
Creator:
Eddleman, Thomas J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Corn or Cotton Planter.
Patent for a new and improved planter. This design consists in "[t]he combination of the frame, the seed-tube secured therein, the box secured around the upper end of the seed-tube and having the upper beveled edge, the hopper having its lower end resting on the said beveled edge, and the straps secured to the hopper and the box" (lines 52-58).
Date:
October 30, 1888
Creator:
Womack, George Edwin
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling
Patent for "a car-coupler which will be automatic in its operation in coupling the cars as they come together on the track, and at the same time to provide a positive uncoupling device which may be operated on any part of any of the cars, as well as by an engineer, when it is desired to uncouple the cars or a car from the engine" (lines 14-21).
Date:
October 30, 1888
Creator:
Carolan, Eugene P. & Lee, Patrick H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Coin Controlled Electrical Weighing Scale.
Patent for a new and improved coin-operated electrical scale. This design "relates to improvements in electrical weighing-scales that may be tripped by electricity; and the main object of [the] invention is to so arrange the electric circuit that it may be closed for tripping the indicator by inserting within the machine a coin or like-shaped metallic piece" (lines 16-22).
Date:
November 13, 1888
Creator:
Smith, William R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Banana-Case
Patent for a banana case to "provide a case or crate in which bananas may be readily packed and transported without injury to the fruit."
Date:
November 13, 1888
Creator:
Aiken, Robert H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Corn Planter Attachment.
Patent for a new and improved planter attachment. This design consists "of a suitable hopper which is to be attached to the side of the beam, a spring-actuated seed-slide, an extension or support which projects from one end of the hopper, a pivoted lever placed upon the extension and connected to the seed-slide at one end, a strap connected to the outer end of the lever, and the singletree to which the draft animal is secured . . . to convert any ordinary plow or cultivator into a corn-planter . . . which is operated by the pivoted motion of the singletree as the draft animal moves forward" (lines 14-29).
Date:
November 13, 1888
Creator:
Dean, Robert A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Brace for Bedsteads.
Patent for a new and improved brace for bedsteads. This design has for its object "to provide an attachment for bedsteads whereby the side rails are prevented from springing outward or expanding from any cause, and thus allowing the slats to fall through" (lines 14-18).
Date:
November 20, 1888
Creator:
Holmes, James C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined or Covertible Tool.
Patent for a new and improved multi-tool. This design consists in "[t]he combination of a screw-driver, its blade having a hole and a lug, and its handle having in its end a socket with a slotted reversible tool, pointed at one end and formed for a screw-driver at the other end adjustably held against one side of the screw-driver by means of a screw and nut and the lug, and adapted to fit in the socket when out of use" (lines 63-71).
Date:
November 20, 1888
Creator:
Barber, Edwin L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Sand and Gravel Washer
Patent for "a combined gravel and sand washing box which shall effectually serve as a means for practically removing all sand and dirt from gravel and stones and all mud and fine dirt from sand" (lines 30-34).
Date:
November 20, 1888
Creator:
Carrico, Thomas W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Loading Wagons.
Patent for a new and improved apparatus for loading wagons. This design consists in "[t]he combination of the platform having the opening and the trap-doors, the fastening devices to secure the trap-doors when closed and to permit the same to open, and the counter-weights connected to the trap-doors" (lines 24-28).
Date:
November 27, 1888
Creator:
Bernard, Alfred Franklin
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press
Patent for "a simple, light, and durable press, which may be conveniently manipulated in either a vertical or horizontal position and readily transported in a field from stack to stack of hay. . .wherein the hay may be expeditiously and effectively baled by two persons" (lines 9-16).
Date:
December 11, 1888
Creator:
Freytag, Anton
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Uncoupling Device.
Patent for a new and improved uncoupling device for railroad cars. This design consists in "a draw-head provided with a vertically-movable coupling-pin support and lifting frame, a spring holding the coupling-pin support in raised position, a catch for holding the pin-support in lowered position, and a lever mechanism for releasing the catch and effecting the uncoupling of a car" (lines 7-14).
Date:
December 11, 1888
Creator:
Rutledge, William O.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Burglar-Alarm
Patent for "a portable burglar-alarm, which may be secured in position adjacent to a window or door, so that upon the opening of the same the alarm will be tripped and the cartridge detonated" (lines 9-13).
Date:
December 18, 1888
Creator:
Mikich, Janko L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History