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Hame Fastener.
Patent for a new and improved hame-fastener. This design "is to provide a fastener . . . which is of simple construction, which can be readily adjusted, and in which all strain is removed from the pivot of the locking-dog, thus obviating any breakage of the pivot, whatever may be the strain" (lines 17-23).
Date:
July 9, 1889
Creator:
Anderson, Lee
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Locking Joints for Railway-Rail Joints.
Patent for a locking device for railway-rail joints. It improves how the meeting rail ends are fastened, and prevents accidental disconnection. It is "a locking fish-plate having keyhole bolt-slots, the narrow portion of the slots having inclined sides, the inclination diminishing gradually toward the end, and double-headed bolts, one of the heads being tapered, whereby the bolt is subjected to a double wedging action" (lines 56-61). A face-plate is perforated and receives the tapered heads and securing-rivets.
Date:
July 21, 1896
Creator:
Anderson, Lee
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Check-Book.
Patent for a checkbook holder that includes a special binder for check stubs, with instructions and illustration. When a new set of checks and binder are inserted into the holder, the old binder of stubs can be easily removed and saved, for receipt purposes.
Date:
July 11, 1916
Creator:
Bennett, Paul H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Non-Refillable Bottle.
Patent for a specification to improve the design and function non-refillable bottles.
Date:
July 24, 1900
Creator:
Bonner, James A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fence-Making Machine.
Patent for a simple, portable fence-making machine meant to separate crossed wires, re-utilizes old wires, and has "a wedge being employed in the twisting-head for the purpose of separating the old twists and causing them to pass through the twisting-eye" (lines 22-25). The machine allows the wires to be equally spaced apart, and the space is adjustable. A picket-gage is included in the invention, which regulates the space between pickets.
Date:
July 23, 1895
Creator:
Briney, Benjamin C. & Geron, Solomon C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Train #112 in Paris, Texas]
Copy photo of train #112 in Paris, Texas. There are men lined up by the train posing for the camera.
Date:
July 9, 1881
Creator:
Burke, W.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Coupling.
Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design is "composed of the draw-heads having bars and forward cross-bar, and beveled on its outer end, and provided with slot above [the] bar, the coupling-bar pivoted at its rear end between [the] bars, and enlarged . . . immediately in advance of said pivot, and provided near its outer end with an opening, and the hook pivoted to and depending from the coupling-bar" (lines 78-86).
Date:
July 8, 1884
Creator:
Bywaters, Joseph K.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Safety-Crank
Patent for a new Safety-Crank for starting auto vehicle engines, which is capable of effectively imparting the necessary forward movement to an engine for starting, but having means conjoined with it, whereby it will be automatically released from positive engagement with the starting shaft on any retrograde movement of the engine.
Date:
July 1, 1919
Creator:
Farley, Bert T.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mail Box Signal
Patent for a mail box signal. Illustration included.
Date:
July 17, 1906
Creator:
Forwood, Reginald
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of a Child with a Ball]
Photograph of a young child, identified as John B. Ro[. . .], standing in a chair and holding a ball up with his left hand.
Date:
July 1899
Creator:
Hudson
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation
Photograph of pasture development and improvement. Beef cattle are grazing on Bermuda pasture overseeded to Dallis grass, yellow hop, black medic and white Dutch clovers. 15 acres cleared and sodded this year. Mr. J. L. Jeffus, the district supervisor in the picture, says “In 1937 I started clearing and retiring 216 acres for pasture. With the assistance of CCC [the Civilian Conservation Corps] we cleared 40 acres of small trees and heavy undergrowth and retired 176 acres of cultivated land that in 1936 had overflowed 13 times before I made a crop. This is rich bottomland that is capable of producing a bale of cotton or 40 bushels of corn per acre but wet seasons made yields uncertain. I’ve moved the pasture every year and it carries 108 head of cattle the year round with only a little hay to help through the winter. The land is worth more in pasture than it be in cultivation even if I made a maximum crop every year. I believe regular mowing has increased the carrying capacity of this pasture four times.” TX-41, 227.
Date:
July 22, 1943
Creator:
Jenkins, Elvin W.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Livestock
Photograph of beef cattle grazing 20 acres of improved Bermuda grass pasture. Mr. Gunn, in the picture, developed the pasture several years ago from an old cultivated field and said, “I have mowed the weeds twice a year for three years and I’ve about exterminated a heavy growth of broomweed that hampered the Bermuda’s growth. In 3 years of regular mowing my grazing capacity has increased from one animal unit [for every] 3 acres to one animal unit per acre, 8 months out of the year.” Each year he harrows in and spreads the manure dropped by grazing stock and said that the grass cover is still improving. TX-41, 230.
Date:
July 22, 1943
Creator:
Jenkins, Elvin W.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Livestock
Photograph of pasture development and improvement. Beef cattle grazing Bermuda pastures overseeded to Dallis grass, yellow hop, black medic and white Dutch clovers. 15 acres cleared and sodded this year. Mr. Jeffus, the district supervisor in the picture says, “In 1937, I started clearing and retiring 216 acres for pasture. With assistance of CCC [Civilian Conservation Corps} we cleared 40 acres of small trees and heavy undergrowth and retired 176 acres of cultivated land that in 1936 had overflowed 13 times before I made a crop. This is rich bottomland that is capable of producing a bale of cotton or 40 bushels of corn per acre but wet seasons made yields uncertain. I’ve moved the pasture every year and it carries 108 head of cattle the year round with only a little hay to help through the winter. The land is worth more in pasture than it would be in cultivation even if I made a maximum crop every year. I believe regular moving has increased the carrying capacity of this pasture four times.” TX-41, 227.
Date:
July 22, 1943
Creator:
Jenkins, Elvin W.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Bale-Tie.
Patent for improvements in bale-ties is to produce a “buckle-plate having a middle portion with an opening therein, arms at each end separated from the middle portion by spaces open at one side, a longitudinal entering-passage connecting the opening with one of said spaces, and a hoop the free ends of which are looped down through said opening and up through the spaces, resting upon the arms under the standing part of the hoop.” (Lines 74-83) Illustration is included.
Date:
July 8, 1902
Creator:
Johnson, William T.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[News Clip: Farmer's boat]
Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date:
July 21, 1982, 10:00 p.m.
Creator:
KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Video
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Sirens]
Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date:
July 6, 1982, 6:00 p.m.
Creator:
KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Video
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Identification of Potential Brackish Groundwater
Report on a study to identify and designate local brackish groundwater production zones in areas of Texas with brackish groundwater availability which can be used to reduce the use of fresh groundwater.
Date:
July 2017
Creator:
LBG-Guyton Associates
Object Type:
Report
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Folding Tent.
Patent for a foldable two story tent with a sleeping compartment in the upper story.
Date:
July 28, 1908
Creator:
Miles, Joseph Furnas
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Henry S. Moore to Charles B. Moore, July 12, 1860]
Letter from Henry S. Moore to Charles B. Moore discussing a recent trip Henry took, work at a lumber mill, and the hot weather. The letter is written on blue paper which is torn at the bottom right corner. It has an envelope addressed to Charles B. Moore in McKinney, Collin County, Texas. The letter was started on July 12th, and Henry continued to write through at least July 15th.
Date:
July 12, 1860
Creator:
Moore, Henry S.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Henry S. Moore to Charles B. Moore, July 20, 1861]
Letter from Henry S. Moore to Charles B. Moore discussing recent news of family and friends, Charles's property in Texas, and the military. Henry writes that he joined the Cavalry company from Collin County under Jim Throckmorton and discusses their preparations for war. There is an envelope addressed to Charles B. Moore in Rocky Bayou, Izard County, Arkansas. It is postmarked McKinney, Texas, July 27. According to the handwritten note in the top left corner, the letter was received on August 6, 1861. The envelope has been torn in several places.
Date:
July 20, 1861
Creator:
Moore, Henry S.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Henry S. Moore to Charles B. Moore, July 22, 1860]
Letter from Henry S. Moore to Charles B. Moore regarding plans for a construction job, as well as hot weather and foodstuffs.
Date:
July 22, 1860
Creator:
Moore, Henry S.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Occurrence, Availability, and Chemical Quality of Ground Water in the Cretaceous Aquifers of North-Central Texas: Volume 2
The second volume of a two part report on the Creataceous aquifers in Texas. This volume contains information on water wells, water levels, and chemical analyses.
Date:
July 1982
Creator:
Nordstrom, Philip L.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Liquid-Indicator for Tanks.
Patent for a liquid indicator to determine if the supply of oil has been depleted in the crank case of an automobile's internal combustion engine. Further purposes of this patent include the closing of an electrical circuit when the oil in the crank case becomes low in order to sound an audible noise that alerts the driver that more oil is needed. The patent intends to make the invention durable, easy to use, and inexpensive to manufacture.
Date:
July 29, 1919
Creator:
Pippin, William R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Chopper and Scraper
Patent for new "construction and combination of devices" (lines 10-11) to improve cotton choppers and scrapers, with illustrations.
Date:
July 5, 1887
Creator:
Rouse, Samuel James
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History