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Trousers.
Patent for new and improved trousers. This design "relates to an improvement in pants; and it consists in a pants-leg having a recess or notch cut in its lower rear edge, so as to prevent it from coming in contact with the ground" (lines 12-16).
Date:
November 15, 1887
Creator:
Sevier, Moses Nimrod
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Weighing-Scale.
Patent for a weighing-scale that is "of simple and improved construction which will instantly determine and indicate the weight of the article placed thereon" (lines 13-16). The scale uses revolving disks that have a chain around them which moves a lever to indicate the weight of the object being weighed. The object being weighed sits on a pan that is suspended by the same chains that hold the revolving disks in place.
Date:
December 15, 1896
Creator:
Stephens, John H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Disk Plow
Patent for Disk Plow
Date:
September 15, 1903
Creator:
King, Hugh M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from K.K. Legett to Judge John A. Nabers - December 15, 1905]
Letter written to Judge John A. Nabers from K.K. Legett, requesting that Nabers visit soon.
Date:
December 15, 1905
Creator:
Legett, Kirvin Kade, 1857-1926
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Odell Reporter (Odell, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 20, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 15, 1913
Weekly newspaper from Odell, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
May 15, 1913
Creator:
Ross, Charles P.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pump
Patent for an improvement to lift pumps for deep oil and artesian wells. The improvement is intended to overcome the difficulty of excessive pressure caused by the liquid rising to the surface that makes foot valve inoperable. The design also makes the pump easier to construct as well as stronger and more durable.
Date:
February 15, 1916
Creator:
Haar, G. E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
J. W. McDougal Farm Windbreaks
Photograph of an aerial shot of windbreaks on J. H. McDougal's farm. Note the buildings within the square windbreak patterns. The back of the photo proclaims, "Aerial view showing the pattern of windbreaks on the J. H. McDougal farm, 18 miles north of Vernon, Texas. (See Also Tex-78-292 thru 78-303)."
Date:
August 15, 1946
Creator:
Postlethwaite, Hermann
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Wind, Wind Erosion, Sand Storms and Dunes
Photograph of an aerial view showing the pattern of windbreaks on the J. N. McDougal farm, 18 miles north of Vernon, Texas. (see also TX-78, 292 thru 78, 303). TX-78-304.
Date:
August 15, 1946
Creator:
Postlethwaite, Hermann
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History