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Saddle.
Patent for a new and improved saddle. This design "consists in a rubber or other elastic seat having a thick central portion with tapering thin edges and a leather covering for the same" (lines 9-11).
Date:
November 4, 1884
Creator:
Adams, James E. & Shero, Philip
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Life Raft.
Patent for boat state rooms that convert into life rafts.
Date:
September 9, 1884
Creator:
Adams, John R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Press.
Patent for a new and improved cotton press. This design "consists of a horizontal press with reciprocating follower, worked by power, the press being arranged to receive the cotton from a chute descending from the floor above the press, the said press and the driving mechanism being constructed and arranged . . . specifically" (lines 7-13).
Date:
January 22, 1884
Creator:
Allen, John Chapman
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Corn Planter and Fertilizer Distributer.
Patent for a device that can be used both to plant corn and apply fertilizer to fields.
Date:
February 19, 1884
Creator:
Arnold, William Noah
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Certificate of Appointment to Postmaster for John Patterson Osterhout]
Certificate of appointment to Postmaster by President Chester Alan Arthur for John Patterson Osterhout. The certificate was signed by the President and the Postmaster General, Walter Q. Gresham. It certified John to work as Postmaster in Belton, Texas.
Date:
May 15, 1884
Creator:
Arthur, Chester Alan
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ventilating and Adjustable Rain Proof.
Patent for a new and improved rain-proof cap for chimneys. This design "is to provide a . . . rain-proof or chimney tube for receiving that part of a stove-pipe that projects above the roof, which rain-proof is so constructed that pipes can be held in the same at different inclinations. The invention consists in a rain-proof formed of a conical tube held on the roof, in the upper end of which conical tube the upper end of the stove-pipe is held. A hood is held on the upper end of the stove-pipe" (lines 8-18).
Date:
July 22, 1884
Creator:
Atkin, Samuel T.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Burghers of Calais
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Total view of The Burghers of Calais with cloaked burgher at right. From the Nineteenth Century.
Date:
1884/1889
Creator:
Auguste Rodin
Object Type:
Physical Object
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Napkin Ring and Holder.
Patent for a new and improved napkin ring and holder. This design is "to receive the napkin after it is folded, or to be used as a device for sustaining the napkin at the neck of the user when at the table. It consists in a yoke-shaped piece of metal having a hinged section for connecting the two ends, and serving as a ring, in combination with a clasp for holding the napkin . . . at the throat" (lines 17-25).
Date:
February 12, 1884
Creator:
Bahn, Gus A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Seguin Times. (Seguin, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 47, Ed. 1 Friday, July 25, 1884
Weekly newspaper from Seguin, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
July 25, 1884
Creator:
Barbour, J. F.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Adding-Machine.
Patent for a new and improvement in adding-machines in which a mechanical wheel has teeth. " The object of the invention is to provide the means for adding columns of figures by machinery"(lines 13-15), with instruction and illustration
Date:
February 12, 1884
Creator:
Barmore, Albert King
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Claude Debussy in Rome
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In the portrait, the man faces the left side of the artwork. The pastel strokes are large and loose creating the planes of his face. He wears a dark suit and has some sparse facial hair.
Date:
1884
Creator:
Baschet, Marcel André
Object Type:
Artwork
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Mixture For Fish-Baits.
Patent for a coating for fish-bait of any kind which includes ingredients and instructions. The ingredients are water, asafeotida {(foul smelling gum resin from the root of several species of Ferula, a perennial herb) see: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3459456/}, oil of anise, and honey.
Date:
October 21, 1884
Creator:
Bates, Carol F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Baling Press.
Patent for "an improved construction of hydraulic baling-presses, whereby it is designed to provide simple and more durable and reliable presses of this kind than any now in use" (lines 8-12).
Date:
July 29, 1884
Creator:
Baumgarten, Christian
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stamp and Envelope Moistener.
Patent for a new and improved moistener for stamps and envelopes. This design "is to provide apparatus for moistening stamps and adhesive envelopes; and it consists in certain improvements in that class of stamp-moisteners in which a roller carrying an endless belt of cloth is journaled on a box or a cup containing water, into which the endless band projects" (lines 8-14).
Date:
August 5, 1884
Creator:
Beaumont, David Greenleaf
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combination Tool.
Patent for a new and improved multi-tool. This design "consists in a combination-tool embodying in a single implement a nail and staple-puller, pinchers, nail-straightener, and wire-cutters, the device being more particularly designed for use in constructing, taking down, and resetting wire fencing" (lines 7-12).
Date:
July 22, 1884
Creator:
Beazley, James Harvey
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Needle Threader for Sewing Machines.
Patent for a new and improved sewing-machine needle-threader. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the slide-bearing of the needle-bar, of the slide, its stop and spring, and the pivoted funnel-guide having a squared bearing to engage the spring, and a face-groove in its small end to engage the needle" (lines 73-78).
Date:
September 2, 1884
Creator:
Bellah, William N.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sash Fastener.
Patent for a new and improved sash fastener. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with a window frame and sash, of a fastener consisting of stops secured to the frame and formed with beveled ends and a shoulder . . . and a button pivotally secured to the sash and recessed to form a triangular projection, and a finger-piece extension, which latter serves also as a weight to effect an automatic fastening as the window is lowered" (lines 72-80).
Date:
March 4, 1884
Creator:
Bendy, Napoleon Bonaparte
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Drag Saw.
Patent for a new and improved drag saw. This design "is to provide a simple, inexpensive, durable, and easily-operated machine for cross-cutting timber for railway-ties and material, or for cord-wood, stove-wood, or other uses" (lines 7-11).
Date:
January 1, 1884
Creator:
Bennett, William A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Notre Dame, Paris
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The painting depicts a bridge over the River Seine and the view from behind of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris.
Date:
1884
Creator:
Benoist, Félix
Object Type:
Artwork
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Liquid Toilet Preparation.
Patent for scented 2 in 1 hair and body wash which includes ingredients and their measurements and instructions. “It is designed to remove dandruff, and to prevent the hair from falling out. It has great cleansing properties, and will be found excellent for washing fine jewelry, nursing-bottles, and in fact all articles upon which the action of free acids or alkalies is not desirable” (lines 30-38).
Date:
September 16, 1884
Creator:
Bicksler, William Henry
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lubricator.
Patent for a new and improved lubricator. This design "relates to improvements in that class of lubricators wherein the oil reservoir or vessel is provided with a discharge-pipe passing through the bottom to the point of delivery, and rising within the reservoir to near its top, the steam rising in such pipe condensing and falling by gravity to the bottom of the reservoir, thus displacing the oil, and causing it to rise and flow down through the pipe to the parts to be lubricated" (lines 8-17).
Date:
March 4, 1884
Creator:
Bissett, Jean
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from J. T. Black to Kenner K. Rector, February 5, 1884]
Letter from J. T. Black, to his cousin, Kenner K. Rector discussing the state of his farm and his life. He says that the farming business is going well despite the conditions, however he is concerned about the cattle business and people around him getting extremely sick.
Date:
February 5, 1884
Creator:
Black, J. T.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Poultry Coop.
Patent for a new and improved poultry coop. This design's "interior . . . has a vertical central partition between which and the ends of the coop are vertical transverse partitions and vertical longitudinal partitions, which preferably consist of strips . . . forming compartments, each of a sufficient size to contain a given number of a given kind of poultry . . . as the coop is divided off into compartments the poultry can with great ease be examined as to condition, and not being in large mass, but being separated into small numbers, they are kept in a better state of preservation and health" (lines 25-44).
Date:
February 5, 1884
Creator:
Bleike, William T., Jr.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Folding Table.
Patent for a new and improved folding table. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with a table having a triangular top plate, of the hinged triangular leaf, the sliding strip, the leg, and the brace-rod, secured on the inner end of the strip and on the leg" (lines 60-64).
Date:
November 4, 1884
Creator:
Bolles, Charles Morris
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History