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Cotton, Berry, or Vegetable Picking or Dairy Stool
Patent for a stool strapped to the user so as to facilitate an ease in picking cotton, berry, or vegetables. Illustration included.
Date:
May 10, 1904
Creator:
Farley, John C. & Prince, Hyman
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dallas Sheet
Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:125000
Date:
1902
Creator:
Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cleburne Sheet
Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:125000
Date:
1908
Creator:
Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dallas Sheet
Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:125000
Date:
1909
Creator:
Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wrench.
Patent for improvements “in axle-nut wrenches in which the wrench comprising an angular socket portion adapted to extend partially within the wheel-hub to engage the nut,” (lines 81-83) so that the nut may be unscrewed by rotating the wheel. Illustration is included.
Date:
April 15, 1902
Creator:
Haines, Samuel Alfred
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Machine For Removing Insects From Plants Or The Like
Patent for a machine for removing insects from plants or the like. Illustration included.
Date:
July 26, 1904
Creator:
Busseell, James W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire Fence Machine
Patent for a wire fence machine. This invention is designed to tie wires to the line wires and line wires to the stay. Illustrations included.
Date:
November 10, 1903
Creator:
Baumgartner, Blassie
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Pulling Stalks.
Patent for improvements in machine for pulling stalks in which it “can break the stalks in small pieces and guide the stalks into the pulling-section of the machine; the pulling-section may be adjusted to suit the average height of the stalks and bodily raised and lowered at any time to permit the pulling-section to be carried out of the way of obstructions when occasion so demands.” (Lines 11-21) Illustration is included.
Date:
May 24, 1904
Creator:
Kirkpatrick, George Milton
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Body Construction
Patent for improvements to vehicle body construction, particularly corner-irons. The design of the product claims to be simple, economical, and provide a compact and firm joint for the vehicle body. Illustrations included.
Date:
January 9, 1906
Creator:
Dowling, Stonewall J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Insect Destroyer
Patent for an insect destroyer for use on cotton fields to destroy moths that produce boll weevils. Illustration included.
Date:
November 27, 1906
Creator:
Sissom, Thomas A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wheel Plow
Patent for wheel plow. This invention is a combination of a 'buster' and a covering plow. Illustration included.
Date:
March 10, 1908
Creator:
McMullan, Jasper
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Washboiler.
Patent for a wash-boiler, which has a mesh inner lining that allows the continuous introduction of water and steam into the center of the boiler and onto the clothes being washed.
Date:
October 12, 1909
Creator:
Mozley, Isiah
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Steam-Engine.
Patent for "steam-engines of the reciprocating type, the purpose being to simplify the construction, reduce the number of working parts, economize in fuel, and to utilize the steam so as to obtain a maximum percentage of power therefrom." (line 8-13) instructions and illustrations included.
Date:
February 13, 1906
Creator:
Murphy, Joseph F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stalk-Cutter.
Patent for a stalk cutter for corn and cotton, which bends the stalks down and cuts them in that position and is capable of cutting two rows at once.
Date:
August 27, 1907
Creator:
Lancaster, Benjamin C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stalker Breaker
Patent for a stalk breaker. Illustration included.
Date:
December 12, 1905
Creator:
Cowart, Stephen A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hydraulic Swivel.
Patent for "a simple, compact, and efficient water-swivel for well-drilling machines, to reduce friction between the water-swivel and the drill-rod, and to provide certain novel and improved details of construction and arrangement." (lines 8-13).
Date:
September 12, 1905
Creator:
Embry, Leonard B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Steam Engine
Patent for "useful improvements in Steam-Engines, of which the following is a specification" (lines 5-6). Includes description and illustrations.
Date:
July 10, 1905
Creator:
Murphy, Joseph F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sunshade Holder
Patent for a sunshade holder. Illustration included.
Date:
August 17, 1909
Creator:
Atkinson, Earl H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Metal Railway Tie
Patent for metal railway tie. Illustration included.
Date:
March 2, 1909
Creator:
Robinson, James R. & Sugrue, John F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mail Crane
Patent for a mail crane. This invention is designed "for instantly shifting the bag or pouch holding arms of the crane" (line 17-18). Illustration included.
Date:
December 13, 1904
Creator:
Hardwick, Robert L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pneumatic Jet for Conveyers
Patent for a pneumatic jet that uses steam jets to provide power for various tasks such as distributing seed cotton or elevating coal. Illustrations included.
Date:
September 21, 1909
Creator:
Rice, Earley W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow
Patent for an improvement to the plow that allows "for holding the plow-point firmly in position upon the standard or foot without the use of bolts and nuts." (Lines 10-13)
Date:
January 15, 1907
Creator:
Johnson, Thomas J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Washing-Machine
Patent for a new and improved design and construction for washing machines.
Date:
April 9, 1901
Creator:
Davis, John Lafayette
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gate.
Patent for "an invention for tilting gates to materially simplify the erection of a gate for farm and other users and also render the gate sensitive and reliable in opening and closing movement by employing minimized operating mechanism." (lines 7-11).
Date:
September 19, 1905
Creator:
Connolly, Peter H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History