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Rotary Engine
Patent for "a new and improved rotary engine which is simple and durable in construction and very effective in operation, using the steam expansively and to the fullest advantage, at the same time being adapted to compound engines" (lines 8-12).
Date:
November 5, 1889
Creator:
Akers, William P.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Starter
Patent for "a new and improved car-starter adapted for all kinds of cars and vehicles, being specially of great value on grades" (lines 8-11).
Date:
February 5, 1889
Creator:
Akers, William P. & Lindsey, John C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Arthur M. Alpert to I. H. Kempner, III, October 19, 1965]
Letter from Arthur M. Alpert to I. H. Kempner, III discussing land and oil.
Date:
October 19, 1965
Creator:
Alpert, Arthur M.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Jack County
Map of Jack County, Texas, including the Panhandle Plains region. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date:
March 1868
Creator:
Arlitt, F. H.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Jack County
Map of Jack County, Texas, including the Panhandle Plains region. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date:
1874
Creator:
Arlitt, F. H.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Detachable Neck Yoke
Patent for a detachable neck yoke. Illustrations included.
Date:
May 10, 1910
Creator:
Barry, John, Jr.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Oliver Loving Ranch House]
Photograph of the Oliver Loving Ranch House (located at 1.5 miles West of Jermyn, TX) in Jack County, Texas.
Date:
March 1963
Creator:
Brown, Carolyn
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Cleaning Cotton.
Patent for an apparatus that cleans burs and other foreign matter from cotton through a suction process prior to ginning, including instructions and illustrations. The inventor claims this apparatus is simpler, more affordable, and more effective than previous methods for cleaning cotton.
Date:
April 15, 1913
Creator:
Brown, Thomas N.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper
Patent for a cotton chopper that thins plants and provides ample space between those plants to achieve mature and plentiful harvest.
Date:
December 26, 1905
Creator:
Butler, James T.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Flour or Meal Bin.
Patent for "a device of improved form for holding flour and meal and from which the same may be drawn and sifted in any desired quantity." (Lines 14-17) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
February 16, 1897
Creator:
Callahan, Simeon O.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Device for Converting Motion.
Patent for device that converts "motion of the piston-rod in steam engines into a rotary motion" (lines 10-11).
Date:
January 29, 1884
Creator:
Catlin, Eli
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Steam Engine.
Patent for a new and improved steam-engine. This design "relates to certain improvements in compound steam-engines; and it has for its objects to lessen friction and provide for the effective working of such engines" (lines 8-11).
Date:
September 23, 1884
Creator:
Catlin, Eli
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Well-Drilling Apparatus
Patent for a well-drilling apparatus granted to Eli Catlin which is simpler and more convenient to use as well as being less expensive.
Date:
November 27, 1883
Creator:
Catlin, Eli
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Well-Drilling Machine.
Patent for a simple and efficient well-drilling machine that is meant for drilling Artesian and other wells. This invention is a "mechanism for reciprocating and turning the tool during the drilling operation, and to provide for the lowering of the drill as the latter advances to the work and for the withdrawal of the same from the well when required for any desired purpose" (lines 8-15). It is also designed to remove water, mud, slush, etc. from the well while drilling.
Date:
February 4, 1896
Creator:
Catlin, Eli
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Apparatus for Working Glass.
Patent for a blowing-engine that will make the glass-blowing process less laborious. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
April 13, 1875
Creator:
Chase, Benjamin F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Certain Procedures for the Improvement of Reading Skills in the Middle Grades
The problem of this study was to demonstrate the effectiveness of certain recommended procedures for the improvement of reading skills in one fourth grade and one fifth grade class in the Jacksboro Elementary School. The purpose was to discover through testing and observation the level of each student and his specific reading needs.
Date:
1951
Creator:
Clark, Sarah Elizabeth
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Soil Survey of Jack County, Texas
Text describes the area, climate, agricultural history and statistics, soil-survey methods and definitions, soils and crops, land uses and agricultural methods, irrigation, and morphology and genesis of soils of Jack County, Texas.
Date:
2005
Creator:
Crenwelge, Wilfred E.; Walters, James P.; Randell, Joe L.; Meyer, Charlie G. & Dowell, Rusty
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dirigible Headlight.
Patent for dirigible headlights for automobiles which pivot in the direction of steering while maintaining an independent tilt adjustment.
Date:
January 14, 1919
Creator:
Crumpton, Enoch M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Soil Conservation Districts, Members and Goals
Photograph of the Upper West Fork Soil Conservation District Board of Supervisors discussing membership goals of the National Association of Soil Conservation Districts. From left to right: 1. Joe F. Wilhite, from Decatur, Texas. 2. Rollins Hill, from Antelope, Texas—Secretary. 3. H. G. Millican, Loving, Texas—Chair. 4. Cecil Bullard, Bridgeport, Texas. 5. Austin Wells, Vashti, Texas. TX-47-956-A.
Date:
April 21, 1952
Creator:
Davis, D. O.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Soil Conservation Districts, Members and Goals
Photograph of Photo of Upper West Fork Soil Conservation District Board of Supervisors. From left to right: 1. Cecil Bullard, Bridgeport, Texas. 2. Rollins Hill, from Antelope, Texas—Secretary. 3. H. G. Millican, Loving, Texas—Chair. 4. Austin Wells, Vashti, Texas. 5. Joe F. Wilhite, from Decatur, Texas. TX-47-956-B.
Date:
April 21, 1952
Creator:
Davis, D. O.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Fruit Cutting Implement.
Patent for a fruit cutting implement with increased safety measures to help users avoid "the usual and dangerous practice of cutting the lemons with a knife" (lines 23 - 24), including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 13, 1918
Creator:
Davis, Mack H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Jacksboro Gazette (Jacksboro, Tex.), Vol. 45, No. 3, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 19, 1924
Weekly newspaper from Jacksboro, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
June 19, 1924
Creator:
Dennis, J. R.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Jacksboro Gazette (Jacksboro, Tex.), Vol. 45, No. 4, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 26, 1924
Weekly newspaper from Jacksboro, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
June 26, 1924
Creator:
Dennis, J. R.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Jacksboro Gazette (Jacksboro, Tex.), Vol. 45, No. 5, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 3, 1924
Weekly newspaper from Jacksboro, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
July 3, 1924
Creator:
Dennis, J. R.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History