Resource Type

Railroad-Signal (open access)

Railroad-Signal

Patent for a railroad signal which will prevent train collisions at railway crossings, with illustrations.
Date: February 17, 1920
Creator: Humphrys, Sidney E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pipe and Like Stem. (open access)

Pipe and Like Stem.

Patent for improved smoking equipment stems which prevents saliva from running down the stem. The end of the stem has a new design which extends upwards and then wraps forward and downward, leaving a slot where no saliva can enter.
Date: February 22, 1921
Creator: Crossman, Alvin Amos
System: The Portal to Texas History