Resource Type

Truss (open access)

Truss

Patent for a truss for the use of alleviating abdominal hernias. Illustrations included.
Date: September 5, 1911
Creator: Baker, Littleton Lafayette
System: The Portal to Texas History
Suspension-Bridge. (open access)

Suspension-Bridge.

Patent for suspension bridges and a mechanism to overcome the vertical motion in floors of spans of bridges and provides a permanent anchorage for the cables.
Date: March 5, 1912
Creator: Greer, William H. C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Railway Tie (open access)

Railway Tie

Patent for a railway tie.
Date: November 5, 1912
Creator: McComas, Charles F.
System: The Portal to Texas History