Access
Resource Type
Partner
Collection
Texas Digital Newspaper Program
157
Oklahoma Digital Newspaper Program
85
Abilene Library Consortium
51
Texas Patents
21
Tocker Foundation Grant
15
Galveston County Area Newspaper Collection
12
Galveston Tribune
12
Brenham Weekly Banner
11
Houston Daily Post
11
Daily Oklahoma State Capital (Guthrie, Okla.)
10
73 More
Country
Year
Month
Day
Language
268 Matching Results
Results open in a new window/tab.
Results:
1 - 24 of
268
next
Antirefilling Bottle.
Patent for a bottle that can be easily sealed but cannot be resealed after opened. There is a groove in the neck of the bottle, and the cork is placed below the groove. The cork is hollowed out and a plug is placed in the cork. The cork is hollowed out and a plug with a groove around it is placed in the cork.An elastic compressible locking-ring fits in the gap the groove in the bottle and the groove in the plug create.
Date:
January 5, 1897
Creator:
Nevill, William B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press.
Patent for a baling-press meant to bale cotton. In this machine, "the power as applied to the plunger is increased in proportion to the resistance offered by the material being baled and whereby the forward movement of the plunger is automatically checked at the limit of its path and is returned to its initial positioin without effort upon the part of the operator" (lines 10-17).
Date:
January 5, 1897
Creator:
Anderson, Alva E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press.
Patent for "baling-presses of that class wherein motion is communicated to the plunger from a sweep operated by horse or similar power, and the object in view is to improve the construction of the baling-chamber and attachments, and, furthermore, to provide a simple and efficient construction of plunger-operating mechanism" (lines 8-15)
Date:
January 5, 1897
Creator:
Pearce, William J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Brenham Daily Banner. (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 5, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 5, 1897
Daily newspaper from Brenham, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
January 5, 1897
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Bryan Daily Eagle. (Bryan, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 29, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 5, 1897
Daily newspaper from Bryan, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
January 5, 1897
Creator:
Carnes, Malcom
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cattle-Guard.
Patent for a railway cattle-guard that is simple, inexpensive, and efficient. It prevents the cattle "from traversing a railway-track in order to pass form one field or inclosure to another" (line 12-14). It has spurred rollers, and has a unique way of mounting rollers or rotary ties, in that they do not block the track.
Date:
January 5, 1897
Creator:
Nevill, William Birt
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Chopping-Ax.
Patent for an ax that is "provided with a poll made in two sections adapted to be clamped or secured to the handle and receive a removable bit or hardened section presenting the cutting edge" (lines 16-20).
Date:
January 5, 1897
Creator:
Crabtree, James G.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Hatchet and Wire-Tightener.
Patent for a device that operates as a hatchet and as a wire-twisting device, so that "slack may be taken up in fence-wires as fast as it occurs" (lines 11-12). The wire-tightener is two triangles stick out from the side of the hatchet, where the operator can pinch the wire.
Date:
January 5, 1897
Creator:
Keck, Edgar A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Daily Ardmoreite. (Ardmore, Indian Terr.), Vol. 4, No. 58, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 5, 1897
Daily newspaper from Ardmore, Indian Territory. Coverage includes local, territorial, and United States national news along with advertising.
Date:
January 5, 1897
Creator:
Nisbett, D. T.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Daily Herald (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 159, Ed. 1, Tuesday, January 5, 1897
Daily newspaper from Brownsville, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
January 5, 1897
Creator:
Wheeler, Jesse O.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Daily Oklahoma State Capital. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 9, No. 56, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 5, 1897
Daily newspaper from Guthrie, Oklahoma that includes local, territorial, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
January 5, 1897
Creator:
Greer, Frank H.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Daily Texarkanian. (Texarkana, Ark.), Vol. 13, No. 128, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 5, 1897
Daily newspaper from Texarkana, Arkansas that includes local, state, and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
January 5, 1897
Creator:
Gardner, J. W.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Eyelet-Hole Attachment for Sewing-Machines.
Patent for "a simple and perfect eyelet apparatus which can be attached to any sewing-machine" (lines 14-15).
Date:
January 5, 1897
Creator:
Reutermann, Heinrich Theodore
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Freie Presse für Texas. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 4516, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 5, 1897
Daily German-language newspaper from San Antonio, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
January 5, 1897
Creator:
Hanschke, Robert
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Galveston Daily News. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 55, No. 287, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 5, 1897
Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
January 5, 1897
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Galveston Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 39, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 5, 1897
Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
January 5, 1897
Creator:
Ousley, Clarence
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Galveston Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 39, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 5, 1897
Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
January 5, 1897
Creator:
Ousley, Clarence
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gate-Latch.
Patent for a gate-latch. A latch-pin secured in a beam, another latch secured to the inside of another post, with two pivoting hangers, and plates come together to form this latch.
Date:
January 5, 1897
Creator:
Berry, John S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gate-Latch.
Patent for a gate latch that works by having stop-pins secured to the gate, while a rod goes through the post, with a handle on one end and a latch on the other end. The latch is shaped so that it catches the pin.
Date:
January 5, 1897
Creator:
Berry, John S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Guthrie Daily Leader. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 9, No. 29, Ed. 1, Tuesday, January 5, 1897
Daily newspaper from Guthrie, Oklahoma. Coverage includes local, territory, and United States news, along with advertising.
Date:
January 5, 1897
Creator:
Niblack, Leslie G.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Houston Daily Post (Houston, Tex.), Vol. TWELFTH YEAR, No. 276, Ed. 1, Tuesday, January 5, 1897
Daily newspaper from Houston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
January 5, 1897
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
El Paso International Daily Times (El Paso, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 4, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 5, 1897
Daily newspaper from El Paso, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
January 5, 1897
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Perry Enterprise-Times. (Perry, Okla.), Vol. 4, No. 210, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 5, 1897
Daily newspaper from Perry, Oklahoma that includes local, territorial, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
January 5, 1897
Creator:
Perry & Welch
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Puzzle.
Patent for a simply constructed puzzle with a difficult solution, "but may be accomplished by the exercise of care, skill, and ingenuity in the manipulation of the device" (lines 15-18). It is a rectangular box with eight balls, four of which fit into holes in the corners of the box. There are segmented walls surrounding the holes.
Date:
January 5, 1897
Creator:
Collis, Michael Francis
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History