Voting-Machine (open access)

Voting-Machine

Patent for a voting machine whereby voters register their votes by pushing a button. Illustrations included.
Date: September 15, 1908
Creator: McClain, Eli
System: The Portal to Texas History
Drinking Fountain (open access)

Drinking Fountain

Patent for a drinking fountain. "The object of the invention is to provide a drinking fountain having a drinking trough to which water will be automatically supplied as the same is removed by the stock." Illustration included.
Date: August 15, 1905
Creator: McCormick, James V.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Receptacle or Tank. (open access)

Receptacle or Tank.

Patent for receptacle or tank for underground storage purpose is to use metal to construct a tank for strength to resist the pressure upon its walls. To protect the tank from the corrosive action of the earth by lining the surface of a tank “with a protective coating composed of alternate layers of asphaltum and tarred-felt paper, a fabric layer imposed upon the outer layer of asphaltum, and a final layer of asphaltum covering the fabric.” (Page 2, lines 109-113.) Illustration is included.
Date: April 15, 1902
Creator: Stewart, Robert P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ligthtning-Arrester. (open access)

Ligthtning-Arrester.

Patent for improving lightning arresters, an invention used to distribute electrical current over a large area and ground it at a different points should a building be struck by lightning.
Date: June 15, 1901
Creator: Wood, William D.; Roach, Henry B. & Pots, William M.
System: The Portal to Texas History