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Partial View of Austin, Texas

Photograph of copy print of the 1891 bird's eye view map of Austin. "Partial view of Austin, Texas. The most beautiful and wealthiest city of its size in the United States."

Date: 1891

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Wall and Ceiling Polish.

Patent for an improvement of a polish mixture for wall and ceiling which is water-proof and has a glossy finishes; instructions and ingredients for the mixture are included, no illustration.

Date: February 10, 1891

Creator: Neavitt, Thomas J.

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Machinery For Pressing Cotton.

Patent for improvements in machinery for facilitating the pressing of cotton; and it relates particularly to mechanism in which cylinders and pistons are used, under the influence of fluid or liquid, such as steam, air, water, or gas under pressure to operate the follower-block of a bailing-press. (Lines 12-18) Illustration is included.

Date: May 5, 1891

Creator: Bachman, Joseph A.

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Fountain Attachment for Inkstands.

Patent for a new and improved fountain attachment for inkstands by using a hollow float, having a central vertical aperture on the bottom, the float is placed in a vessel filled with ink. After ink is being drawn from the hollow opening of the float, the float is forced into an uppermost position thus closing the vessel to prevent the air from passing the ink contained in the vessel. The ink is confined in an air and dust proof stand, which can be easily cleaned. Illustration is included.

Date: February 10, 1891

Creator: Bergen, James V.

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Railway-Tie

Patent for a railway tie that can be "firmly secured in the road-bed and which will hold single or double rails" (lines 10-11) so that they cannot be accidentally displaced, including illustrations.

Date: December 1, 1891

Creator: Budington, Albert G.

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Metallic Railroad-Tie.

Patent for an improvement of metallic railroad ties in which clamp-plates are not needed to hold the longitudinal tension-rods, “instead the heads of the rods bear against the solid outer ends of the rail-seats which are constructed integral with the body of the tie.” (Lines 14-17) Illustration is included.

Date: April 14, 1891

Creator: Saunders, Ellison

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Metallic Railroad-Tie.

Patent for a new and improved metallic railroad tie that purports to prevent the spreading of rails or the bending of tension-rods. Includes instructions and illustrations.

Date: November 17, 1891

Creator: Saunders, Ellison

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Saw-Gin.

Patent for improvements in cotton-gins by having two compartments, one above the other. “The upper roll-box being especially adapted to raw cotton and the lower one to half-ginned cotton as the lint and seeds are only partially separated in one roll-box and are then delivered into another, where the operation is completed.” (Lines 24-29) This operation used less time to separate the seed and lint. Illustration is included.

Date: October 27, 1891

Creator: Bachman, Joseph A.

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Fuel Produced From Lignite.

Patent for the process by which fuel is created from lignite coal.

Date: December 15, 1891

Creator: Edelmann, Albert

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department