Partner
Collection
Texas Digital Newspaper Program
1,205
Tocker Foundation Grant
1,109
Fayette County Area Newspaper Collection
1,018
The Schulenburg Sticker
186
Texas Patents
22
German-Language Newspaper Collection
12
KXAS-NBC 5 News Collection
3
Texas State Publications
3
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark Files
2
Early Texas Newspapers
1
2 More
States
Counties
Decade
Month
Language
1,237 Matching Results
Results open in a new window/tab.
prev
Results:
1,225 - 1,237 of
1,237
Hay-Press
Patent for improvements in the construction and design of hay presses.
Date:
November 22, 1887
Creator:
Flato, Friderich W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Picking Machines.
Patent for an improvement in cotton-picking machines including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
November 18, 1879
Creator:
Trenks, Frederick F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow.
Patent for a new and improved plow. This design "consists, first, in the combination of an adjustable support which is pivoted to the side of the beam, and which has secured to its lower end a series of revolving arms which terminate in broad cutters, for cutting the sod as it is turned over by the mold-board as the plow is drawn along; second, in the revolving cutter, which runs along upon the land side and cuts the sod where the next furrow is to be cut, and thus takes the place of the usual colter, which runs in advance of the plow and cuts the sod just as it is about to be turned over" (lines 13-25).
Date:
November 20, 1883
Creator:
Pinter, Francis T.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railroad Ticket
Patent for railroad ticket. Illustration included.
Date:
November 22, 1904
Creator:
Lyon, Leonidas N. & Donaldson, Westbrook
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Sprinklers
Patent for Improvements to cotton-sprinklers that provides "effective distribution of poisonous liquids upon cotton-plants, for the purpose of destroying the cotton-worm or other destructive insects." (lines 15-18) Includes instructions and illustration.
Date:
November 11, 1879
Creator:
Schier, John
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dividers or Compasses.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in dividers or compasses, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
November 8, 1898
Creator:
Benes, Francis
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ribbon Holder.
Patent for a new and improved ribbon holder. This design consists in "[a] rotary ribbon-holder case made in sections having slots and arc-latches, and the removable rotary-spindles, having squared portions to engage the spools and projecting heads, formed with necks to engage the arc-latches and key-sets" (lines 70-75).
Date:
November 6, 1883
Creator:
Lane, Isaac Theophilus
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improved Ditching-Machine.
Patent for improvement in ditching machine which “consists of a boring or ditching-auger, suspended from the frame of a truck, and having an enlarged head projecting in advance of the truck, and rotated, so as to bore out a groove as the truck is moved along, screwing the earth taken back through a trough, to an elevator which carries it up to a spout, chuting it to one side.” (Lines 13-19) Illustration is included.
Date:
November 16, 1869
Creator:
McGehee, James W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Design for a Fence-Post.
Design patent for a fence-post which consists of flanges at the edges of the post, with their openings, and the base-piece turned at right angles to the post.
Date:
November 7, 1899
Creator:
Tabken, William
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Device For Forcing Water Out Of Wells.
Patent for new and useful improvements in devices for forcing water out of wells, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
November 21, 1899
Creator:
Baca, August
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Double Point for Plows.
Patent for a new and improved double point for plows. This design consists in "[t]he plow-point having the central rectangular bend at the back, the wings shelving outward, downward, and forward, the long parallel-sided end, the lateral angles, and the marginal edges inclined upward and toward each other, the said portion being substantially as long as the share-edge" (lines 71-77).
Date:
November 20, 1888
Creator:
Schuster, Rudolph
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-chopper
Patent for a cotton chopper mounted on wheels.
Date:
November 27, 1900
Creator:
Walker, Millard F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Chopper
Patent for a cotton chopper. This device includes improvements that allow the machine's operators to control the movement and the position of the hoes of the cotton chopper.
Date:
November 21, 1905
Creator:
Jezek, Anton
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History