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Acetylene Gas Generator.

Description: Patent for a new and useful improvements in apparatus for generating acetylene gas. This design is to "provide with few applicances a simple and compact apparatus requiring little attention for generating acetylene gas for light, heat, and power purposes" (line 11 - 14).
Date: February 15, 1898
Creator: Dederick, Zadoc P.

Adjustable Rack for Railway-Cars.

Description: Patent for improvements on racks in railway-cars including more storage for smaller items, an adjustable rack for children or elderly persons to be able to reach without needing to stand on the car seat, a titled hinge that allows a rack to be pulled for ward and pushed back, and other improvements.
Date: August 2, 1898
Creator: Butler, Michael

Appendix to the Report of the Chief of the Bureau of Navigation.

Description: Supplementary report issued by the Navy Department, Bureau of Navigation, containing reports and papers from the naval operations in the Spanish-American War of 1898, organized in rough chronological order. According to the preface, the documents include information about the Oregon (ship), operations on the Philippine Islands, blockades around Cuba and Porto Rico, the operations and destruction of Rear-Admiral Cervera's squadron, and the coordination of naval operations to convey and land Arm… more
Date: 1898
Creator: United States. Navy Dept. Bureau of Navigation.
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