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Apparatus for Extracting Oils (open access)

Apparatus for Extracting Oils

Patent for a new and useful improvement "in a novel process and combination of devices or apparatus for extracting the oil from cotton seeds and other oil bearing seeds" (lines 8-12). Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 14, 1886
Creator: Baumgarten, Christian
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bale Tie (open access)

Bale Tie

Patent for "a new and useful bale tie" (lines 5-6), including illustration and instructions.
Date: May 14, 1900
Creator: Walker, Millard Fillmore
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Baling Apparatus. (open access)

Cotton-Baling Apparatus.

Patent for the "improvements in cotton-baling apparatus or compresses of that type in which the cotton is received directly from the gin or gins" (lines 13-16) including illustrations.
Date: September 14, 1897
Creator: Melcher, Charles L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Chopper. (open access)

Cotton Chopper.

Patent for a new and improved cotton chopper. This design consists "[i]n a cotton-chopper, the combination, with a bent axle, wheels on the same, a swiveled bearing on the said axle, a chopping-hoe having its standard fitted in said bearing, and a triangular frame secured to the axle, of a forked operating-lever pivoted to the triangular frame, a collar on the standard of the hoe, and links connecting the collar to the ends of the arms of the said operating-lever" (lines 15-23).
Date: June 14, 1887
Creator: Sacks, Heinrich Wilhelm
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Harrow. (open access)

Harrow.

Patent for a harrow that is easily adjustable to different situations.
Date: December 14, 1909
Creator: Baumgarten, Johan Christian
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Insect Destroyer. (open access)

Insect Destroyer.

Patent for a new and improved ant trap. This design "form[s] a trap or destroyer for ants which can be placed around the top of their hole and then filled with some poisonous compound, so that when the ants attempt to crawl over the ring, frame, or collar they will be poisoned by the compound, and thus destroyed" (lines 23-29). By utilizing a drip to distribute the poison to the ring, frame, or collar, the poison is replenished as it evaporates.
Date: February 14, 1882
Creator: Pinter, Francis T.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Austin County, Block 3

Parent map for Austin County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:18,000.
Date: December 14, 2010
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Austin County, Block 7

Parent map for Austin County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:18,000.
Date: December 14, 2010
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Austin County, Index

Index map for Austin County, Texas showing the distribution of census blocks and smaller inset areas for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:92,115.
Date: December 14, 2010
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Bastrop County, Block 25

Parent map for Bastrop County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:14,000.
Date: December 14, 2010
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Bastrop County, Block 26

Parent map for Bastrop County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:14,000.
Date: December 14, 2010
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Bastrop County, Block 30

Parent map for Bastrop County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:14,000.
Date: December 14, 2010
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Bastrop County, Block 32

Parent map for Bastrop County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:14,000.
Date: December 14, 2010
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Bastrop County, Block 33

Parent map for Bastrop County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:14,000.
Date: December 14, 2010
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Bastrop County, Index

Index map for Bastrop County, Texas showing the distribution of census blocks and smaller inset areas for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:100,303.
Date: December 14, 2010
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Fayette County, Block 2

Parent map for Fayette County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:20,000.
Date: December 14, 2010
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Fayette County, Block 3

Parent map for Fayette County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:20,000.
Date: December 14, 2010
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Fayette County, Block 4

Parent map for Fayette County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:20,000.
Date: December 14, 2010
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Fayette County, Block 5

Parent map for Fayette County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:20,000.
Date: December 14, 2010
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Fayette County, Block 6

Parent map for Fayette County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:20,000.
Date: December 14, 2010
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Fayette County, Block 7

Parent map for Fayette County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:20,000.
Date: December 14, 2010
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Fayette County, Block 9

Parent map for Fayette County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:20,000.
Date: December 14, 2010
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Fayette County, Block 10

Parent map for Fayette County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:20,000.
Date: December 14, 2010
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Fayette County, Block 11

Parent map for Fayette County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:20,000.
Date: December 14, 2010
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History