Resource Type

States

Attachment for Lifting-Jacks (open access)

Attachment for Lifting-Jacks

Patent for an attachment for lifting jacks.
Date: March 28, 1911
Creator: Porter, Horton B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Thermostat. (open access)

Thermostat.

Patent for a thermostat that automatically regulates temperatures and is operated "in conjunction with an electric current or the like" (lines 12-13) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: April 28, 1914
Creator: Hinson, Robert E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow. (open access)

Plow.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in plows. This improvements are to " render the plow right and strong and easy-running, reducing the effort required by the plowman to handle the plow to a minimum, and to render the handles and beam and plow-plate readily adjustable as regards pitch and height (line 10 - 16).
Date: December 28, 1897
Creator: Kirkpatrick, James M. & Files, Jerry B.
System: The Portal to Texas History