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Map of Wilson County
Cadastral map of Wilson County, Texas in the South Texas Plains region. Some borders are marked in color. Scale [ca. 1:133,334] (4000 varas per inch).
Date:
1840~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Corn-Planters.
Patent for a corn-planter that allows the seed to be placed in a hopper and disperses the seed through a cylinder that is connected to a wheel to place and cover the seed, including illustration.
Date:
May 10, 1859
Creator:
Gilbert, R. B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Seed Planters.
Patent for the improvement of the hopper, stirrer, and distributor in cotton-planters that dispenses seeds into the soil using two horizontal united disks that discharges the seeds regularly and evenly, including illustration.
Date:
September 13, 1859
Creator:
Collier, T. T.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Seed Planters.
Patent for the improvement of the cotton-seed planter through the arrangement of a seed dispenser over a reciprocating slide and agitator operated by a pulley system simultaneously when moving forward, including illustration.
Date:
September 13, 1859
Creator:
Smith, P. M. & Collier, T. T.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wilson Co.
Cadastral map of Wilson County, Texas, showing property lines, ownership, land grants, and plat numbers. The map also includes rivers, creeks, cities, towns, and railroads. No scale indicated.
Date:
May 9, 1866
Creator:
Pressler, Charles W.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wilson County
Cadastral map of Wilson County, Texas in the South Texas Plains region. Some borders are noted in color and several features are marked, including the center of the county and E. Seguin's house, located by the San Antonio River in the "Heirs of Simon and Juan de Arocha" survey. Scale [ca. 1:133,334] (4000 varas per inch).
Date:
May 9, 1866
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Washing-Machines.
Patent for the improvement of the structure of washing machines. The illustration and description show that an improved washing machine, formed by the combination of the open or ribbed roller F F and handles G g1 g2 with the box A B and perforated false bottom E.
Date:
September 27, 1870
Creator:
Harper, Elijah S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wilson County
Cadastral map of Wilson County, Texas in the South Texas Plains region. Some notes and borders have been added in different colors of ink. Several features are marked, including the new center of the county and E. Seguin's house, located by the San Antonio River in the "Heirs of Simon and Juan de Arocha" survey. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date:
August 1871
Creator:
Klappenbach, Louis & Lungkwitz, Herman
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wilson County
Map of Wilson County, Texas, including the South Texas Plains region. The center of Wilson County is indicated on map. The location of E. Seguin's house is marked by the San Antonio River in the heirs of Simon and Juan de Arocha Survey. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date:
February 1872
Creator:
Klappenbach, L. & Lungkwitz, Herman
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Dish Cleaners and Drainers.
Patent for a convenient and cheap article of household ware for washing dishes, glassware, and similar articles of household use.
Date:
April 18, 1876
Creator:
Harper, Elijah S., Sr.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Map of Wilson County
Cadastral map of Wilson County, Texas in the South Texas Plains region. Several features are marked on the map including the center of the county and E. Seguin's house, located by the San Antonio River in the "Heirs of Simon and Juan de Arocha" survey. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date:
March 1879
Creator:
Groos, Otto
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wilson County
Cadastral map of Wilson County, Texas in the South Texas Plains region. Bodies of water and some borders are marked in color. Several features are marked, including the center of the county and E. Seguin's house, located by the San Antonio River in the "Heirs of Simon and Juan de Arocha" survey. Scale [ca. 1:133,334] (4000 varas per inch).
Date:
1880~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Spring Draft Attachment.
Patent for a new and improved spring-draft attachment. This design "is to do away with the ordinary doubletree . . . which is especially adapted for a two-horse vehicle, which . . . prevents the horses from pulling against one another, [and ] prevents the pole from swaying sidewise" (lines 10-18). It "consist[s] of a frame provided with an eye at one end and with a cross-bar near its center, a draw-bar having one end screw-threaded and provided with an eye at its other end and with a collar at its screw-threaded end, a nut on the draw-bar, and a spring surrounding the draw-bar" (lines 65-71).
Date:
July 26, 1892
Creator:
Tiner, John F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pump.
Patent for a pump "of the double-cylinder type, in which a continuous and steady stream of water is sucked from the well and forced to the point of use, and in such a pump to provide means for operating the same, whereby the same power will be required to raise the plunger that it does to force the same downward, and to this end providing such improved mechanisms and connections which will evenly distribute the power exerted by the operator to actuate the pump" (lines 9-19).
Date:
October 4, 1892
Creator:
Smith, Millage Math.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ironing-Table.
Patent for an ironing table with an improved construction that makes it easily adjustable so a person of any height can iron easily and keeps clothes being ironed off the floor.
Date:
April 4, 1893
Creator:
Smith, Millage M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling.
Patent for a novel, simple, and practical car coupling that has a link and gravity pin. It "may be set to coupe two of the improved couplings on approaching cars, when these devices engage each other, and also that may be manipulated by the usual lever or chain attachment to uncouple two connected drawheads, effecting such a detachment from the sides or roof of the car" (lines 12-19).
Date:
October 17, 1893
Creator:
Tiner, John F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wagon-Tongue Support.
Patent for "improvements in the running gear of draft wagons, and has for its objects to provide a novel, simple device for the support of the wagon tongue, and an improved means for obviating friction between the coupling pole of the vehicle, and the slide bar on the front hounds of the wagon running gear" (lines 8-15).
Date:
December 12, 1893
Creator:
Tiner, John F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Refrigerator.
Patent for an efficient refrigerator meant to preserve meat, dairy, and produce. The refrigerator uses evaporating water to cool the food, not ice. There are inner and outer layers, a large water pan with vertical drip openings, and inner screen walls.
Date:
April 17, 1894
Creator:
Denson, Joseph
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Seed-Sowing Attachment for Plows.
Patent for a seed-sowing attachment for plows which can "drop the seed in a furrow as it is made by the plow, and after it is covered by the formation of a successive furrow, and thereby complete the sowing or drilling process simultaneously with the plowing operation" (lines 14-19).
Date:
June 19, 1894
Creator:
Johnson, George W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Water-Elevating Device.
Patent for a simple, inexpensive, efficient, and durable water-elevating device meant to be used in collecting water from wells, cisterns, &c., and can be used in domestic and commercial settings. "Power may be increased [in the invention] to enable an operator to raise large quantities of water with facility" (lines 13-15).
Date:
April 30, 1895
Creator:
Taylor, James B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling.
Patent for a simple and reliable car-coupling that embodies "novel features of construction that adapt[s] said coupling for an automatic coupled engagement with a similar coupling, and that may be safely uncoupled from the side of the car whereon the improvement is secured" (lines 11-16).
Date:
September 3, 1895
Creator:
Tiner, John F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wrench.
Patent for a nut-wrench capable of tightening different sized nuts. The lower jaw of the wrench has different levels, the overall effect being that of a staircase, while the upper jaw is flat with a bite that holds the nuts in place.
Date:
December 15, 1896
Creator:
Tiner, John F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Irwin & Petrie, Physicians and Surgeons
Business correspondence written on letterhead from the late 19th century. Letterhead includes decorative designs and business name.
Date:
1897
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Pipe-Wrench.
Patent for an adjustable pipe wrench "in which the opposing jaws of the wrench are maintained at an angle to each other, so hat they converge toward their extremities, thus enabling a firmer hold to e obtained upon the pope or other article to be gripped by said jaws." (Lines 15-20) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 20, 1897
Creator:
Fauver, Addis E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History