Resource Type

Car Coupling. (open access)

Car Coupling.

Patent for a device that would make coupling cars together easier and safer. Cars would be able to be coupled automatically, and then detached without having to go in between them. Includes Illustrations.
Date: February 12, 1901
Creator: White, George O.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tailor's Or Dressmaker's Measuring Device (open access)

Tailor's Or Dressmaker's Measuring Device

Patent for a tailor's or dressmaker's measuring device. Illustrations included.
Date: February 14, 1905
Creator: Hosford, Frank & English, Robert E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Elevated Railway. (open access)

Elevated Railway.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in elevated railways, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: February 6, 1900
Creator: Anderson, Lee
System: The Portal to Texas History