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Animal Shears.

Patent for new and improved animal shears. This design is "of a platinum or other wire or conductor heated to a high temperature, sufficient to burn through the fibers of the wool or hair, and [is] passed over the surface of the body as close as may be deemed desirable to the roots. No injurious effects are produced upon the animal or upon the wool or hair removed, while at the same time the same may be removed with great uniformity and expedition" (lines 28-36).

Date: June 8, 1886

Creator: Harrell, Joseph J.

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Brick Machine.

Patent for a new and improved brick machine. This design consists in "a mold-wheel mounted to revolve in the horizontal plane and provided with mold-cavities, of a vertically-movable plunger in each cavity, a door for each cavity hinged on the top of the wheel, the hinge plate or lug attached to the mold-wheel being slotted to allow a vertical movement of the hinge-pin, a curved arm pivoted over the top of the mold-wheel and extending over part of the same, and a spring acting on the swinging e… more

Date: November 23, 1886

Creator: Thaison, William

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Combined Wardrobe and Book-Case.

Patent for a combined bookcase and wardrobe cabinet, with illustrations. The purpose of the bookcase and wardrobe cabinet is to be "used as a bookcase, wardrobe, or show-case at will" (lines 10-11).

Date: November 30, 1886

Creator: Schmidt, Julius Friedrich

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[Capitol Construction]

Photograph of a close up view of the construction of the Capitol building. A man stands on top of a high wall while a few other men on scaffolding guide a pillar, attached to a crane, into place.

Date: 1886~

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

New Capitol Building, July, 1886

Photograph of workers posing for a group portrait during construction of the new capitol building. Writing on the back of the photograph reads: "Hans Falkenburg - sitting on stone (center, with hat)."

Date: July 1886

Creator: Cooper, S.H.

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Locking Device for Baling Press Doors.

Patent for a new and improved lock for baling-press doors. This design "is to provide a . . . locking device for the doors of the baling chamber of a baling-press, which locking device is so constructed that all the doors can be locked in a single operation and by means of the same device, and may be loosened simultaneously" (lines 8-14).

Date: February 16, 1886

Creator: Clark, Frank S.

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Steam-Engine

Patent for improvements to be made upon steam engines, with description of parts and use and illustrations.

Date: May 25, 1886

Creator: Cross, David L.

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Spark-Arrester.

Patent for an improvement to spark-arresters, which deflect sparks and cinders released by locomotive engines. Includes illustrations.

Date: June 29, 1886

Creator: McCormick, John Robert

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Nut-Cracking Machine.

Patent for a machine that helps crack and break down nuts for processing, including instructions and illustrations.

Date: November 23, 1886

Creator: Koerber, Rudolph C.

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Fan Attachment for Rocking Furniture.

Patent for a new and improved rocking-chair fan. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the fan-frame and fan, sleeve, cord, and the rocker, of the double clamping device for uniting the fan-frame to the rocker . . . and the connecting cord or wire" (lines 24-31).

Date: February 16, 1886

Creator: McComas, Arthur William & Fitzhugh, Alexander

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Fare Box.

Patent for a new and improved fare-box. This design consists in a "cylinder provided with a longitudinal slot more than half the diameter of said cylinder in depth, and weighed by means of a rotary weight secured to the shaft which forms the axis, to return said cylinder and keep it to normal position with the mouth of the slot downward, of the inclined parallel plates located, respectively, above and below said cylinder, and means for operating said cylinder composed of segment, arm, and tooth… more

Date: November 2, 1886

Creator: Greer, John William

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Portable Fan and Operating Machinery for Same.

Patent for a new and improved fan. This design "is fluted or corrugated . . . its lines of corrugation radiating from a common point. By this peculiar formation [it is] enabled to concentrate the surrounding air during its movement, and direct and carry it in a body back and forth . . . [and a] heavy bead or bar follows the zigzag or corrugated outline of the bottom of the fan, and serves as a weight to keep it tending downward toward a position of rest. . . . The frame carrying the fan is supp… more

Date: March 16, 1886

Creator: McComas, Arthur William & Fitzhugh, Henry A.

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Dinner Bucket.

Patent for a new and improved lunch bucket. This design consists in a "base-plate having sleeves upon two of its opposite edges, two rectangular-shaped bails secured at one end in said sleeves, the upper ends of each of said bails being bent inward or toward each other, the upper end of one of said bails being shorter than the other and bent slightly upward, and means for securing the upper ends of said bails together" (lines 1-8).

Date: November 23, 1886

Creator: Lederle, Edward Emil

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department