Resource Type

Plastic Composition. (open access)

Plastic Composition.

Patent for a plastic composition that lasts indefinitely, especially for coffins or caskets.
Date: August 29, 1916
Creator: Stone, Oscar Ottoe
System: The Portal to Texas History
Frame Construction for Bicycles, Motor-cycles, and the like. (open access)

Frame Construction for Bicycles, Motor-cycles, and the like.

Patent for a spring connection in the motorcycle frame that will work as necessary while providing a cleaner and more appealing appearance.
Date: August 8, 1916
Creator: White, Edward Young
System: The Portal to Texas History
Camera. (open access)

Camera.

Patent for "means for accurately focusing the main or photographic lens without relying upon the scale; to provide means for determining the full extent of the view to be photographed; and to provide for seeing the image upon a ground glass up to the moment of exposure." (lines 10-16)
Date: August 15, 1916
Creator: Overman, Charles Joseph
System: The Portal to Texas History