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Boring-Tool.
Patent for "a boring tool for boring scarred and worn engine cylinders" (lines 14-15) that allows for more customization when cutting.
Date:
January 4, 1921
Creator:
Adams, George Reese.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Seed-Planter Attachment.
Patent for "seed-planter attachments; and it has for its object to provide a new and useful machine of this character adapted to simultaneously plant two rows of corn, cotton, or other seed at any desired distance apart and to also provide means for marking the third row at any width from the planter." (Lines 8-15) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
April 14, 1896
Creator:
Adkins, Stephen J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Clothes-Pounder.
Patent for improvements in atmospheric clothes pounders: "Dividing the outer section into compartments so that air in escaping is distributed evenly from all sides of the pounder instead of escaping in a body from one side, whenever the pounder strikes a wad or knot of cloths and is tipped sidewise; it also makes the suction better" (lines 49-55).
Date:
May 2, 1893
Creator:
Allgaier, George E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sheep-Shears
Patent for sheep shears. Illustrations included.
Date:
May 17, 1910
Creator:
Ascue, Elbert
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sewing Device
Patent for a sewing device relating to the sewing of bags. This invention consists of a helical needle for drawing stitches without having to twist or turn the sewing device. Illustration included.
Date:
March 19, 1907
Creator:
Ascue, Elbert & Crank, R. H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Advertising Device.
Patent for "a simple and inexpensive advertising device adapted to be placed on street corners and other public places and capable of exciting the curiosity and attracting attention, and thereby directing the attention of persons to the advertisement" (lines 11-16).
Date:
March 20, 1894
Creator:
Attaway, Henry F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Evaluation of Water Resources in Part of Central Texas
Report studying the central Texas region's water resources, with notes that there has been rapid decline and contamination in the area. The aquifer is also being used faster than it can naturally replenish.
Date:
January 1990
Creator:
Baker, Bernard; Duffin, Gail; Flores, Robert & Lynch, Tad
Object Type:
Report
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Analysis and Some of the Factors Associated with High School Transfers in Hill County
The purpose of this study is to make a survey of the thirteen accredited high schools in Hill County to determine some of the factors associated with high school transfers in Hill County, and their results.
Date:
August 1938
Creator:
Ballew, Harvey Conway
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Portrait of Macon Jetton, Nettie Elrod, and Della White]
Photograph of Macon Jetton, Nettie Elrod, and Della White captured from the chest up. Jetton (left) and White (right) are pictured wearing light colothing and positioned on either side of Elrod. Elrod (center) is pictured wearing dark colored clothing. The image is placed within the appearance of a tambourine surrounded by bulrushes.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Barnes
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dental-Plate-Polishing Tool.
Patent for a machine that dresses or reduces dental plates uniformly, and can dress dental plates to any thickness. It also can "provide permanently-exposed means for indicating the thickness to which the plate is being reduced" (lines 16-19). It will not puncture or weaken dental plates.
Date:
October 13, 1896
Creator:
Barnes, Preston B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Device for Cleaning Flues
Patent for a flue cleaner that operates by blowing steam through the flue, thus removing dirt and debris. Illustrations included.
Date:
June 14, 1910
Creator:
Bartles, Neslon E. & Hawkins, Charles O.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hornet's Nest (Gatesville, Tx.), Vol. 1, No. 4, Friday, November 1, 1957
Gatesville High School's newspaper, from Gatesville, Texas, that includes school news written by students, anecdotes, articles by teachers, student birthdays, sports news, and advertisements.
Date:
November 1, 1957
Creator:
Barton, Virginia
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Clothes-Pounder.
Patent for a clothes pounder "which will inclose a body of air and expel the same when it is brought down upon the clothes forcing water through the clothes and filling with water an upper chamber, and which when lifted from the clothes will release a body of water at the top of the pounder and cause water to pass through the clothes" (lines 12-19).
Date:
March 7, 1893
Creator:
Beaver, William G.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Bench in Courthouse]
Photograph of a wooden bench pushed against a wall in the Hill County courthouse in Hillsboro, Texas. There is a door to the right, and wood paneling on the wall.
Date:
August 13, 2010
Creator:
Bell, Jim
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Benches in Courtroom]
Photograph of several wooden benches in a courtroom in the Hill County courthouse in Hillsboro, Texas. Framed photos of white men are mounted on the wall.
Date:
August 13, 2010
Creator:
Bell, Jim
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Building in Hillsboro]
Photograph of cars parked in the lot of a building in Hillsboro, Texas. A church steeple is visible to the right, and there is a road in the foreground.
Date:
August 13, 2010
Creator:
Bell, Jim
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Cars and Buildings]
Photograph of cars on a road in Hillsboro, Texas, with buildings to the left and in the background.
Date:
August 13, 2010
Creator:
Bell, Jim
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Cars and Stores]
Photograph of cars parked in lots in front of several store buildings in Hillsboro, Texas.
Date:
August 13, 2010
Creator:
Bell, Jim
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Cars and Stores on Courthouse Square]
Photograph of parked cars and several stores on the courthouse square in Hillsboro, Texas.
Date:
August 13, 2010
Creator:
Bell, Jim
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Cars at an Intersection]
Photograph of several cars waiting at an intersection in Hillsboro, Texas. Buildings are visible across the street.
Date:
August 13, 2010
Creator:
Bell, Jim
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Cars at Waco Street]
Photograph of two cars turning at Waco Street in Hillsboro, Texas. A building is visible on the street corner, and a green road sign points the ways to Waco, Corsicana, Mexia, Whitney, and Cleburne.
Date:
August 13, 2010
Creator:
Bell, Jim
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Cars in Front of Furniture Store]
Photograph of several cars parked in front of McDonald's Furniture Store in Hillsboro, Texas.
Date:
August 13, 2010
Creator:
Bell, Jim
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Cars on Courthouse Square]
Photograph of cars on the courthouse square in Hillsboro, Texas. Buildings and trees are visible to the left.
Date:
August 13, 2010
Creator:
Bell, Jim
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Cars on Courthouse Square]
Photograph of several cars parked in spaces around the courthouse square in Hillsboro, Texas. Several stores, including Frenkie's Italian Restaurant, are visible in the background.
Date:
August 13, 2010
Creator:
Bell, Jim
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History