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Seat - Action Flushing Apparatus. (open access)

Seat - Action Flushing Apparatus.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in seat-action flushing apparatus. This design is to "provide a cistern into which the water is admitted only when the seat is occupied" (line 14-17).
Date: February 8, 1898
Creator: Ackley, George D.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stalk - Cutter. (open access)

Stalk - Cutter.

Patent for a new and useful improvements in stalk-cutters to "provide a simple, light, and durable machine by means of which three rows of stalks may be cut in one passage of the machine across the field" (line 13-16).
Date: January 11, 1898
Creator: Acre, William Floyd & Wafford, William Penn
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Planter, Chopper, And Cultivator. (open access)

Combined Planter, Chopper, And Cultivator.

Patent for a new and useful improvement in "combined cotton planters, choppers, and cultivators" (line 9-11).
Date: December 6, 1898
Creator: Albreekt, Niklaus
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sulky-Plow. (open access)

Sulky-Plow.

Patent for a new and useful sulky plow, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: October 25, 1898
Creator: Allen, Jefferson Davis
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire - Fence Machine. (open access)

Wire - Fence Machine.

Patent for a new and useful wire-fence machine. This design is to "provide a simple, compact, light, and comparatively inexpensive machine adapted to be transported with facility to enable a single operator to readily distribute" (line 10 - 13).
Date: January 25, 1898
Creator: Allen, John W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Valve for Engines. (open access)

Valve for Engines.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in valves for steam engines, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: November 8, 1898
Creator: Allen, Walter J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Arm for Telegraph - Poles. (open access)

Arm for Telegraph - Poles.

Patent for a new and useful arm for telegraph poles.
Date: March 8, 1898
Creator: Anderson, Lee
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow. (open access)

Plow.

Patent for a new and useful plow, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 12, 1898
Creator: Ankarstolpe, Nels.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Roller-Shelving and Cloth-Measurer Combined. (open access)

Roller-Shelving and Cloth-Measurer Combined.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in roller shelving and cloth measurer combined, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 6, 1898
Creator: Apperson, Thomas F. & Dorsey, Charles H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Railroad-Tie. (open access)

Railroad-Tie.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in railroad-ties.
Date: May 17, 1898
Creator: Armstrong, Henry T.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Cretaceous Foraminifera of New Jersey (open access)

The Cretaceous Foraminifera of New Jersey

A report which contains a biography and examines the fossil Foraminifera of America.
Date: 1898
Creator: Bagg, Rufus Mather, Jr.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Station-Indicator. (open access)

Station-Indicator.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in station indicators for moving vehicles, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 20, 1898
Creator: Barry, Jefferson D.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tool-Handle. (open access)

Tool-Handle.

Patent for tool handles relating to "improvements in handles for hoes, rakes, and similar agricultural or mechanical implements; and it consists in the novel devices hereinafter described and claimed (lines 10-15).
Date: February 7, 1898
Creator: Barry, Jefferson D.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Back and Shoulder Brace. (open access)

Back and Shoulder Brace.

Patent for a new and useful back-support and shoulder-brace. This invention "relates to means for strengthening and supporting the back and shoulders of persons engaged in occupations which require stooping" (line 8-11).
Date: January 4, 1898
Creator: Bassett, James Andrews
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Some Common Birds in Their Relation to Agriculture (open access)

Some Common Birds in Their Relation to Agriculture

Report discussing the eating habits of 30 grain and insect-eating birds and their potential usefulness to the farmer.
Date: 1898
Creator: Beal, F. E. L. (Foster Ellenborough Lascelles), 1840-1916
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
Metal Cutter And Roller. (open access)

Metal Cutter And Roller.

Patent for a new and useful metal cutter and roller, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: October 4, 1898
Creator: Beaty, Gilbert M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dividers or Compasses. (open access)

Dividers or Compasses.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in dividers or compasses, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: November 8, 1898
Creator: Benes, Francis
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Branding-Chute. (open access)

Branding-Chute.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in branding-chutes for "securely holding live stock during the process of branding the same" (line 12 - 14).
Date: April 19, 1898
Creator: Bennett, Joe
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cattle Ranges of the Southwest: A History of the Exhaustion of the Pasturage and Suggestions for Its Restoration (open access)

Cattle Ranges of the Southwest: A History of the Exhaustion of the Pasturage and Suggestions for Its Restoration

Report giving "a history of the exhaustion of the pasturage of central Texas, with suggestions for its restoration. The general features of the country are described; the early conditions of the ranges and the causes which have led to their deterioration are graphically portrayed. The obstacles in the way of the improvement of the ranges and how the value of the stock ranges may be renewed are topics discussed in detail. The report closes with brief descriptions of a few other of the most important native grasses and forage plants which may be utilized in improving the pasturage or increasing the production of forage." -- p. 2.
Date: 1898
Creator: Bentley, H. L. (Henry Lewis)
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
Baling-Press. (open access)

Baling-Press.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in machines for baling cotton.
Date: March 3, 1898
Creator: Bessonette, Charles L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Process of Baling Cotton. (open access)

Process of Baling Cotton.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in processes of baling cotton.
Date: May 3, 1898
Creator: Bessonette, Charles L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gate. (open access)

Gate.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in gates, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: November 22, 1898
Creator: Billingsley, John
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Well-Strainer. (open access)

Well-Strainer.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in well strainers, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: May 24, 1898
Creator: Booth, John
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wheel For Bicycles. (open access)

Wheel For Bicycles.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in wheels for bicycles. This design is to "provide an improved tire for this purpose which is adapted to take the place of a pneumatic tire and to operate in a similar manner" (line 13 - 17).
Date: February 8, 1898
Creator: Bowley, James Deamess
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History