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Acetylene-Gas Machine (open access)

Acetylene-Gas Machine

Patent for an acetylene gas machine designed to " automatically feed different grades of carbid successfully in variable quantities according to the amount required" (lines 9-11).
Date: August 27, 1907
Creator: Wallace, William A.; Bosley, Lee Wooden & Bosley, Daniel O.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Burning Garbage, &c. (open access)

Apparatus for Burning Garbage, &c.

Patent for an improved apparatus for burning refuse and consists of a roasting chamber, a garbage grate, grates that slope and carry the product away after combustion, flues that open above the grates, and the wall partly closes on one end to let the products away after combustion.
Date: August 22, 1893
Creator: Garretson, William H. & Tainter, Silas B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Bar Docket Criminal District Court, Cooke County, 1873-1883] (open access)

[Bar Docket Criminal District Court, Cooke County, 1873-1883]

Ledger from Cooke County, Texas, containing case criminal court docket information which includes dates, defendants, crimes, and witnesses.
Date: August 1873
Creator: Cooke County (Tex.)
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Book-Holder for Reading-Stands. (open access)

Book-Holder for Reading-Stands.

Patent for "a book holder especially designed to receive large books for reference, such as a dictionary for example, and to so construct the mechanism of the holder that a cradle will be provided for the reception of the book, which cradle will be adapted to be carried upward and outward from the holder in a manner which will bring the book in proper position for consultation, and which mechanism will also act to lower the book, without jar or injury to it, within the holder when the book is no longer required." (Lines 14-26) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: August 21, 1894
Creator: Anderson, Francis John & Irick, William Madison
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Burglar Alarm. (open access)

Burglar Alarm.

Patent for a new and improved burglar alarm. This design "consists in the combination of the door provided with a rod for catching under the spring, a cylinder for receiving powder, a spring-actuated cover for the end of the cylinder, and a spring which explodes the cap . . . The object of [the] invention is to provide a burglar-alarm which will make a loud noise when the door is opened, and in which a spring-actuated cover is made to take the place of a wad or ball" (lines 13-24).
Date: August 10, 1886
Creator: Bray, Horace Bradford
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Camp Howze Howitzer (Camp Howze, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 1, Ed. 1 Friday, August 20, 1943 (open access)

Camp Howze Howitzer (Camp Howze, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 1, Ed. 1 Friday, August 20, 1943

Weekly newspaper published by the personnel of Camp Howze, Texas that includes news and information of interest to camp personnel.
Date: August 20, 1943
Creator: Russo, E. Manne
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Camp Howze Howitzer (Camp Howze, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 2, Ed. 1 Friday, August 27, 1943 (open access)

Camp Howze Howitzer (Camp Howze, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 2, Ed. 1 Friday, August 27, 1943

Weekly newspaper published by the personnel of Camp Howze, Texas that includes news and information of interest to camp personnel.
Date: August 27, 1943
Creator: Russo, E. Manne
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Camp Howze Howitzer (Camp Howze, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 51, Ed. 1 Friday, August 4, 1944 (open access)

Camp Howze Howitzer (Camp Howze, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 51, Ed. 1 Friday, August 4, 1944

Weekly newspaper published by the personnel of Camp Howze, Texas that includes news and information of interest to camp personnel.
Date: August 4, 1944
Creator: Russo, E. Manne
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Camp Howze Howitzer (Camp Howze, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 52, Ed. 1 Friday, August 11, 1944 (open access)

Camp Howze Howitzer (Camp Howze, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 52, Ed. 1 Friday, August 11, 1944

Weekly newspaper published by the personnel of Camp Howze, Texas that includes news and information of interest to camp personnel.
Date: August 11, 1944
Creator: Russo, E. Manne
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling. (open access)

Car-Coupling.

Patent for improvements in car-couplings known as “automatic” by providing actuate means to “throw the pin downward and locks the link in a horizontal position.” (Lines 24-25) For uncoupling the cars from either the top or either side of the car; “a spring-actuated device is provided for keeping the link in a horizontal position with a yielding force.” (Lines 27-29) Illustration is included.
Date: August 18, 1891
Creator: Cole, Henry J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Inkstand and Pen Rack. (open access)

Combined Inkstand and Pen Rack.

Patent for a new and improved inkstand and pen rack. This design "is to provide one or more inkstands with pen-holding attachments which will be adapted to close the lid of the inkstand when the pen is in position on the rack-frame and permit the lid to open by gravity of attached parts when the pen is removed for use" (lines 8-14).
Date: August 12, 1890
Creator: Lindsay, George Washington
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, principally, in a cotton-chopper provided with a rolling support that is swiveled to the front end of the frame and trails behind such swiveled connection immediately in front of the cutting-blades . . . it consists, further, in the construction and combination of the various parts of the machine, whereby the same is enabled to operate across the row of cotton-plants" (lines 16-28).
Date: August 30, 1881
Creator: Wilder, Bert S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Daily Hesperian (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 201, Ed. 1 Tuesday, August 2, 1892 (open access)

The Daily Hesperian (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 201, Ed. 1 Tuesday, August 2, 1892

Daily newspaper from Gainesville, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: August 2, 1892
Creator: Roberts, W. T.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Daily Hesperian (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 202, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 3, 1892 (open access)

The Daily Hesperian (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 202, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 3, 1892

Daily newspaper from Gainesville, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: August 3, 1892
Creator: Roberts, W. T.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Daily Hesperian (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 203, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 4, 1892 (open access)

The Daily Hesperian (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 203, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 4, 1892

Daily newspaper from Gainesville, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: August 4, 1892
Creator: Roberts, W. T.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Daily Hesperian (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 204, Ed. 1 Friday, August 5, 1892 (open access)

The Daily Hesperian (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 204, Ed. 1 Friday, August 5, 1892

Daily newspaper from Gainesville, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: August 5, 1892
Creator: Roberts, W. T.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Daily Hesperian (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 205, Ed. 1 Saturday, August 6, 1892 (open access)

The Daily Hesperian (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 205, Ed. 1 Saturday, August 6, 1892

Daily newspaper from Gainesville, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: August 6, 1892
Creator: Roberts, W. T.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Daily Hesperian (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 206, Ed. 1 Sunday, August 7, 1892 (open access)

The Daily Hesperian (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 206, Ed. 1 Sunday, August 7, 1892

Daily newspaper from Gainesville, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: August 7, 1892
Creator: Roberts, W. T.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Daily Hesperian (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 207, Ed. 1 Tuesday, August 9, 1892 (open access)

The Daily Hesperian (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 207, Ed. 1 Tuesday, August 9, 1892

Daily newspaper from Gainesville, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: August 9, 1892
Creator: Roberts, W. T.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Daily Hesperian (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 208, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 10, 1892 (open access)

The Daily Hesperian (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 208, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 10, 1892

Daily newspaper from Gainesville, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: August 10, 1892
Creator: Roberts, W. T.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Daily Hesperian (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 209, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 11, 1892 (open access)

The Daily Hesperian (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 209, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 11, 1892

Daily newspaper from Gainesville, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: August 11, 1892
Creator: Roberts, W. T.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Daily Hesperian (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 210, Ed. 1 Friday, August 12, 1892 (open access)

The Daily Hesperian (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 210, Ed. 1 Friday, August 12, 1892

Daily newspaper from Gainesville, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: August 12, 1892
Creator: Roberts, W. T.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Daily Hesperian (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 211, Ed. 1 Saturday, August 13, 1892 (open access)

The Daily Hesperian (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 211, Ed. 1 Saturday, August 13, 1892

Daily newspaper from Gainesville, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: August 13, 1892
Creator: Roberts, W. T.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Daily Hesperian (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 212, Ed. 1 Sunday, August 14, 1892 (open access)

The Daily Hesperian (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 212, Ed. 1 Sunday, August 14, 1892

Daily newspaper from Gainesville, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: August 14, 1892
Creator: Roberts, W. T.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History