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[Letter from Jas M. Cartney to M. Parks, February 17 1887]

Letter from Jas M. Cartney to M. Parks. The letter was written February 17, 1887.

Date: February 17, 1887

Creator: Cartney, Jas M.

Item Type: Letter

Partner: Log Cabin Village

Stomach-Bitters.

Patent for improved stomach-bitters that promote and strengthen the appetite and general system, which lists the ingredients and proportions.

Date: June 21, 1887

Creator: Cooper, Isaac.

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Patent for a new and improved refrigerator. This design "consist[s] of the cooling-box having top doors, the over-hanging frame, guide-pulleys, cords, and weights, the ice-box having an ice support or grate in its lower end, a water-tank in the upper end of said ice-box, and a discharge-pipe connected with the tank and having its lower portion disposed in coils below the ice support or grate" (lines 13-21).

Date: February 15, 1887

Creator: Dunn, William W.

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Combined Chair and Sleeping Car.

Patent for railway passenger train combined chair and sleeping car. The combined chair and sleeping car were designed to utilized less space on the train.

Date: May 31, 1887

Creator: Goelet, Edward B.

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Metallic Shingle.

Patent for a new and improved metallic shingle. This design calls for "[t]he ends of the shingles adjacent to the groove [to be] turned up to provide a guard which, when the joints are made between the shingles, prevents the water from obtaining access to the roof-boards, and directs it down the shingle to the bead, where the water is drained off" (lines 80-86).

Date: March 22, 1887

Creator: Harry, Hugh W.

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Cotton Chopper.

Patent for a new and improved cotton-chopper. This design consists in "the combination, with the frame and wheels, of the axle, journal-boxes for said axle adjustable lengthwise of said frame, a gear-wheel on said axle adjustable longitudinally thereon, the shaft parallel with the axle, a plurality of gear-wheels of varying diameters on said shaft, a bevel-pinion also on said shaft, and an inclined shaft carrying the hoe and provided with a bevel-pinion engaging the pinion on the shaft" (lines … more

Date: December 13, 1887

Creator: Marshall, Benjamin C.

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Water Elevator Chain.

Patent for a new and improved water-elevator chain. This design "has relation to that class of water-elevators in which the buckets are connected to an endless chain formed of wire, the several links being connected to each other by loops or eyes formed thereon; and the object thereof is to improve the construction of this class of wire chains, whereby the bearings for the links are greatly increased and strengthened and the general construction of the chain rendered more durable, also the link… more

Date: July 26, 1887

Creator: Mayfield, William Dudley

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Electric Arc Lamp.

Patent for a new and improved electric-arc lamp. This design consists in "the combination of a single horseshoe electro-magnet in the circuit of a main line, connected on the positive side to a binding-post having shunt material as a bushing around it, an armature hinged at its center and free to vibrate throughout its length with a carbon-rod holder, which it is adapted to clutch at the hinged part, said magnet acting upon the ends of the armature only, and an adjustable trip and limiting-stop… more

Date: March 8, 1887

Creator: McDill, Henry C. & Gaston, James E.

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[Hood County Tax Receipt for Milton Parks, February 19 1887]

Hood County Tax Receipt for Milton Parks in the amount of sixteen dollars and fifteen cents for the year 1886.

Date: February 19, 1887

Creator: Morris, B.W.

Item Type: Text

Partner: Log Cabin Village

Design for a Bottle.

Design patent for "a bottle or similar receptacle designed in the configuration of a trunk, or so formed that the outline presented resembles a trunk" (lines 13-16). The accompanying illustration is not available for this design.

Date: September 6, 1887

Creator: Powell, Thomas W.

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Door Check.

Patent for a new and improved door check. This design is "formed of a single strip of sheet metal, comprising a base provided with a hole or holes for fastening the same in position, and one end bent inwardly and upwardly at an angle to said base to form a spring-catch, and the other end bent upwardly at substantially at a right angle to the base and thence downwardly and outwardly to form a fastening-flange, in line with the base, and a brace to strengthen the stop, said flange being provided … more

Date: July 26, 1887

Creator: Price, Harry F.

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Measuring Vessel.

Patent for a new and improved measuring vessel. This design consists in "a measuring-vessel provided with a funnel projecting from right angles at the top of it, and a hinged lid wholly covering the opening to the funnel and to the vessel" (lines 54-58).

Date: October 11, 1887

Creator: Reeves, Virgil A.

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department