Bale-Tie (open access)

Bale-Tie

Patent for a bale tie made of aluminum which has a fastener attached to the band.
Date: March 3, 1908
Creator: Brigance, Alice Osborne
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bearing for Driving and Other Shafts. (open access)

Bearing for Driving and Other Shafts.

Patent for a bearing or other driving shafts which can be easily removed without harming the rest of the machine. Illustration is included.
Date: March 31, 1908
Creator: Wiggs, James A., Jr.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Compound Railway Rail (open access)

Compound Railway Rail

Patent for a compound railway rail. This invention is comprised of separate tread and base parts. Illustration included.
Date: March 10, 1908
Creator: Finley, Alfred P.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Extra Officers for the Army, Report (open access)

Extra Officers for the Army, Report

This report contains the opinions and recommendations of the Committee on Military Affairs on the proposed Senate bill 2671 authorizing extra officers for the army. In addition, it compiles correspondence from members of the War Department to show their opinions on the legislation.
Date: March 12, 1908
Creator: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Military Affairs
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Brownsville Affray. Views (open access)

The Brownsville Affray. Views

Report of the Senate Committee on Military Affairs detailing the information and testimony gathered by the committee in its investigations of the Brownsville Affray. It includes the views of Joseph B. Foraker and Morgan G. Bulkeley on the testimony in support of the conclusions reached by the committee.
Date: March 11, 1908
Creator: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Military Affairs.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Brownsville Affray. Views of a Minority (open access)

The Brownsville Affray. Views of a Minority

Report of the Senate Committee on Military Affairs detailing the information gathered by the committee in its investigations of the Brownsville Affray. It includes the minority opinions of members of the committee on the evidence gathered supporting the enactment of legislation to restore the rights of the soldiers of the Twenty-Fifth U.S. Infantry Regiment.
Date: March 11, 1908
Creator: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Military Affairs.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Brownsville Affray. Report of the Inspector-General of the Army; Order of the President Discharging Enlisted Men of Companies B, C, and D, Twenty-fifth Infantry; Messages of the President to the Senate; and Majority and Minority Reports of the Senate Committee on Military Affairs (open access)

The Brownsville Affray. Report of the Inspector-General of the Army; Order of the President Discharging Enlisted Men of Companies B, C, and D, Twenty-fifth Infantry; Messages of the President to the Senate; and Majority and Minority Reports of the Senate Committee on Military Affairs

Report of the Senate Committee on Military Affairs detailing the information gathered by the committee in its investigations of the Brownsville Affray. It includes the report submitted by the Inspector-General of the Army, messages and orders from the president, a list of men discharged from the Twenty-fifth Infantry, and the majority and minority reports of the committee. It also includes proposed legislation by the committee to authorize the reenlistment of soldiers who were discharged by orders from the president.
Date: March 11, 1908
Creator: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Military Affairs
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Brownsville Affray. Report (open access)

The Brownsville Affray. Report

Report of the Senate Committee on Military Affairs detailing the information gathered by the committee in its investigations of the Brownsville Affray. It includes the majority opinions of members of the committee on the evidence gathered and presents the enactment of a bill for the relief of members of the Twenty-fifth Regiment of United States Infantry.
Date: March 11, 1908
Creator: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Military Affairs.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Safety of Life on Navigable Waters During Regattas or Marine Parades (open access)

Safety of Life on Navigable Waters During Regattas or Marine Parades

Report of the Committee on Commerce detailing the opinions and recommendations of the Committee on the proposed Senate bill 6028 to provide for safety of life on navigable waters during regattas or marine parades. It includes correspondence from the Department of Commerce and Labor on the proposed legislation.
Date: March 12, 1908
Creator: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Wire Clamp or Grip (open access)

Wire Clamp or Grip

Patent for a wire clamp or grip. Illustration included.
Date: March 10, 1908
Creator: Eubank, Josephus H. & Merchant, W. B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Stretcher. (open access)

Wire-Stretcher.

Patent for a wire stretcher for use in building wire fences.
Date: March 3, 1908
Creator: Williams, John H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Water or Oil Screen. (open access)

Water or Oil Screen.

Patent for a water or oil well screen to keep mud and other debris out of the barrel of the well.
Date: March 24, 1908
Creator: Childress, Authey Eli
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Windmill-Oiler. (open access)

Windmill-Oiler.

Patent for a windmill oiler to automatically pump oil of the proper amount to lubricate the windmill bearings which is placed on the windmill head.
Date: March 17, 1908
Creator: Brown, Herbert Eddes
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Disintegrating Fibrous Plants (open access)

Machine for Disintegrating Fibrous Plants

Patent for a machine that filters out the pulp from fibrous plants to obtain their fiber. Illustrations included.
Date: March 3, 1908
Creator: Hartman, Emil
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Weight Motor (open access)

Weight Motor

Patent for a weight motor. This invention is meant for the use of driving fans to circulate rooms. This "invention refers to the winding mechanism wherein a drum on which the cord is wound and the first gear wheel are independently rotatable in one direction on the winding shaft, the latter having keyed thereon two ratchet wheels which engage respectively, pawls on the drum and on the gear wheel" (line 13-20). Illustration included.
Date: March 24, 1908
Creator: Rackley, John Clavin
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Magazine Rifle (open access)

Magazine Rifle

Patent for a magazine rifle. This invention consists of a combined breech block and cartridge carrier. Illustrations included.
Date: March 24, 1908
Creator: Catron, John J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Water-Purifying Apparatus. (open access)

Water-Purifying Apparatus.

Patent for a water purifying device for use in water distribution systems, which mixes the water with a chemical salt and then takes it into a settling basin where mud and such sink to the bottom, leaving pure water on top which is let out for distribution.
Date: March 17, 1908
Creator: Fender, John B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lifting-Jack. (open access)

Lifting-Jack.

Patent for a lifting jack for car trucks.
Date: March 24, 1908
Creator: Berge, Emil Herman Zum
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Locking-Bolt for Guards to Openings. (open access)

Locking-Bolt for Guards to Openings.

Patent for a locking mechanism for windows, which cannot be unlocked from the outside.
Date: March 31, 1908
Creator: McNeil, Clarence W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lineman's Portable Telegraph and Telephone Pole Seat. (open access)

Lineman's Portable Telegraph and Telephone Pole Seat.

Patent for a seat for linemen when stringing telegraph or telephone poles, which has clamps that go around the pole.
Date: March 24, 1908
Creator: Troell, Charles T.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Insertible Saw-Tooth. (open access)

Insertible Saw-Tooth.

Patent for an insertible saw tooth, which does not require the use of a separate holder.
Date: March 24, 1908
Creator: Askins, William H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lawn-Mower (open access)

Lawn-Mower

Patent for a lawn mower designed to trim grass close to fences or trees. Illustrations included.
Date: March 10, 1908
Creator: Merritt, William Neil
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Insecticide. (open access)

Insecticide.

Patent for an insecticide for boll weevils, which is made of oil of sassafras, chalk, water, and sulfate of magnesia.
Date: March 24, 1908
Creator: Taylor, Henry C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wheel Plow (open access)

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