[Quanah City Council Minutes: Volume 3, 924-1957] (open access)

[Quanah City Council Minutes: Volume 3, 924-1957]

Ledger containing minutes of the City Council in Quanah, Texas documenting the group's discussions and activities during fall 1924 through fall 1957.
Date: 1924-11/1957-10
Creator: Quanah (Tex.)
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Cotton Chopper and Cultivator. (open access)

Combined Cotton Chopper and Cultivator.

Patent for a combined cotton chopper and cultivator, which allows cotton to be chopped earlier and to be done by one person.
Date: November 17, 1908
Creator: Agee, Jonathan F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plowshare. (open access)

Plowshare.

Patent for a plowshare with a reinforced and self-sharpening point.
Date: November 3, 1908
Creator: Awalt, Francis Marion
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Statement-Blank and Envelop. (open access)

Combined Statement-Blank and Envelop.

Patent for combining statement-blank and envelop that comprises a signature that provides the ability to add the bank statements in a paper that could be folded to create an envelop.
Date: November 14, 1905
Creator: Harwell, Mace
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Calcining Apparatus (open access)

Calcining Apparatus

Patent for a calcining apparatus. This furnace is designed for calcining lime and other materials. Illustration included.
Date: November 24, 1903
Creator: Lawrence, Ambrose
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Generator for Acetylene Gas (open access)

Generator for Acetylene Gas

Patent for a new and improved generator for acetylene gas.
Date: November 16, 1897
Creator: Williams, Benjamin F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Quilting-Frame for Sweing-Machines. (open access)

Quilting-Frame for Sweing-Machines.

Patent for a quilting-frame for sewing-machines that "a folding tripod which is adapted to support the quilting frame, by means of a swiveled pulley connected to the handle of the frame carrying the rollers, the said pulley running backward and forward on the upper surface of a horizontal shaft which is held by means of adjustable rods, to a parallel shaft which is slidingly held to the upper surfaces of two of the tripod strips" (lines 18-26). The invention can fold compactly for storage.
Date: November 27, 1894
Creator: Parsons, James A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History