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Water Cycle (open access)

Water Cycle

Patent for a water cycle. This invention is propeller designed to provided driving force for the floating cycle. Illustrations included.
Date: December 11, 1906
Creator: Standard, Allie Lee
System: The Portal to Texas History
Electric Light Hanger (open access)

Electric Light Hanger

Patent for an electric light hanger. Illustration included.
Date: October 30, 1906
Creator: Carter, James William
System: The Portal to Texas History
Trolley (open access)

Trolley

Patent for "a peculiar construction" (lines 11-12) that will reduce the liability of a trolley running off of the trolley-wire. This construction "involves a trolley-wheel carried on an axis fixed on the trolley pole or harp and an auxiliary wheel yieldingly mounted on the pole and pressed against the under side of the wire, so that should the pole drop slightly the auxiliary wheel will move relatively to the pole and reduce this contact with the wire." (lines 12-19)
Date: July 17, 1906
Creator: Ward, Gurney Enoch
System: The Portal to Texas History
Shingle-Gage (open access)

Shingle-Gage

Patent for improved shingle-gage for the measurement and spacing of roofing-shingles.
Date: June 19, 1906
Creator: Jones, William W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stalk-Cutter (open access)

Stalk-Cutter

Patent for a tool that can be attached to cultivators and harrows to make stalk and vine cultivation more efficient.
Date: April 24, 1906
Creator: Dorris, William P.
System: The Portal to Texas History