Resource Type

Writing Pen. (open access)

Writing Pen.

Patent for a dip pen or nib pen, with innovations concentrating on the tip (nib). The tip is moderately sharp to glide over paper, bent for smooth writing and ink conservation, and stiff "to enable it to be used in making carbon copies" (lines 26-27).
Date: February 14, 1922
Creator: Block, Henry, 1875-1939
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sailboat. (open access)

Sailboat.

Patent for an improved sailboat with updated "arrangement of cables controlling the movements of the sails whereby the force of the wind alone is utilized to simultaneously shift all the sails... by merely changing the course of the vessel by actuating the rudder in the usual manner." (lines 10-16), including illustrations.
Date: September 12, 1922
Creator: Moraitis, Charalabos
System: The Portal to Texas History