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Texas Petroleum.
This report contains information about the petroleum industry in the state of Texas, including chapters on the history, nature and origin of the resource, as well as oil and gas-bearing formations. The index begins on page 93.
Date:
July 1900
Creator:
Phillips, William Battle
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Reverend L.C. Hernandez and Family]
Photograph of Reverend L.C. Hernandez and his wife and two sons. Hernandez is dressed in suit and tie and his wife is wearing a dress. The boys are wearing slacks and t-shirts. The group is standing in front of a red-brick building with flowers planted around the base. The building is an old school building being used a Presbyterian church and manse. Trees are planted on either side of the group.
Date:
July 17, 1949
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Reverend L.C. Hernandez and Family]
Photograph of Reverend L.C. Hernandez and his family: Mrs. Marta Guerrero de Hernandez, Isaias, and Benjamin. Isaias is the older and taller of the two boys. Rev. Hernandez is dressed in suit and tie and Mrs. Hernandez is wearing a dress. The boys are in t-shirts. Behind the group, a red brick building is on the left and a tree is on the right.
Date:
July 17, 1949
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Reverend L.C. Hernandez, Elders, and Deacons]
Photograph of Reverend L.C. Hernandez and the elders and deacons of his church. Hernandez is the second from the left. Hernandez and one other men are dressed in suit and tie while the others are wearing slacks and collared shirts. Two men are holding books. Trees are visible in the distant background.
Date:
July 17, 1949
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Women of a Church]
Photograph of women of an unnamed church. They are standing outside and are wearing either dresses or skirts and blouses. A few are holding books. Behind the group, trees are visible.
Date:
July 17, 1949
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Women of a Church]
Photograph of a group of women of an unnamed church. The women are standing outside and are wearing either dresses or skirts and blouses. A few are holding books. Behind the women, trees are visible.
Date:
July 17, 1949
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of a Sunday School Group]
Photograph of a Sunday School group standing outside. The group consists of children sitting in the front, women behind them, and men standing in the back. Reverend L.C. Hernandez is standing on the right in a dark colored suit. Trees are visible behind the group.
Date:
July 17, 1949
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of a Children's Class of a Church]
Photograph of a group of children standing outside. They are described as the members of a children's class at an unnamed church. The girls are wearing dresses and the boys are wearing jeans and shirts. One boy is wearing a hat. A few adults are visible in the distant background. Trees are beyond the adults.
Date:
July 17, 1949
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of a Children's Class of a Church]
Photograph of a group of children standing outside. The girls are wearing dresses and the boys are wearing jeans and shirts. One boy is wearing a hat. A few adults are visible in the distant background and trees are visible beyond them. The children are identified as the members of a children's class for an unnamed church. The photograph is out of focus.
Date:
July 17, 1949
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of a Young People's Class of a Church]
Photograph of a group of young people standing outside. The women are wearing in either dresses or skirts and blouses. The men are dressed in pants and button-down shirts. Trees are visible behind the group. The group is identified as members of a young people's class at an unnamed church.
Date:
July 17, 1949
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Combined Cistern Tops and Filters.
Patent for improvements to cistern covers, combining a cast iron, charcoal filled filter and specially shaped cast perforated iron lid with handles for removing the cover and for changing the charcoal.
Date:
July 9, 1874
Creator:
Stacey, Ephraim Douglass
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Bee-Hives
Patent for bee-hives to more easily retrieve honey from the combs, which also gives extremely specific instructions on four different types of bee-hives.
Date:
July 28, 1877
Creator:
Van Horn, James F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Blasting Cartridge.
Patent for a new and improved blasting-cartridge. This design is "composed of two similar semi-cylindrical sections having flat smooth faces their entire length, adapted to rest or bear against each other and grooved to form the cylindrical fuse-opening" (lines 94-98). It further consists in the "bore tapering from said fuse-opening to the bottom or inner end of the shell, said semi-shells being provided on their outer sides and at their front ends for a portion of their lengths only with sharp-pointed spurs or projections having vertical front walls and sharp inclined rear edges" (lines 1-7).
Date:
July 2, 1889
Creator:
Todd, James Polk & Welch, John Steel
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Weather Board Gage.
Patent for a new and improved weather-board gauge. This design consists in "[t]he combination of the flat bar having its upper end bent at a right angle, and having the outer end of the said bent end bent upward, and provided with a screw-threaded perforation in its lower portion, the sliding block having a slot near one end, an upwardly-projecting tapering plate at its other end, and having a set-screw entering the slot, and the screw turning in the perforation in the lower portion of the bar, and having its inner end reduced and pointed" (lines 67-77).
Date:
July 29, 1884
Creator:
Stacey, Edward D. & Vance, William K.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow
Patent for "a plow of simple and inexpensive construction capable of being readily and easily changed from an ordinary plow to a ditching-plow, and vice versa" (lines 10-14).
Date:
July 29, 1890
Creator:
Lesueur, Sam C. & Holsey, Theodric M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Paint Compound
Patent for "a fire and water proof compound for roofs and the like, possessing great elasticity and capable of contracting and expanding under cold and heat without cracking and peeling off [while also forming] a body equal to cement for covering the nail-heads of roofs and the like" (lines 12-20).
Date:
July 15, 1890
Creator:
Jackson, Abner A. & Neal, Columbus M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stove Flue Cleaner.
Patent for a new and improved stove-flue cleaner. This design "has for its objects, among others, to provide a simple device by which the soot may be removed from the flue and gathered into a receptacle without danger of getting it on the floor" (lines 11-15). It "consist[s] of a vessel with a tube extending therethrough and a handle fitted to slide through said tube and carrying a scraper" (lines 52-55).
Date:
July 26, 1892
Creator:
Mothershed, Thomas Bortley
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Saw Attachment.
Patent for a handsaw attachment that gauges the depth to which one wishes to cut. It is a bar with an extended foot and clamping devices for attaching the device to the top and handle of the saw.
Date:
July 21, 1896
Creator:
Gowdan, Richard H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rock Drilling and Well Boring Machine.
Patent for improved rock drilling and well boring machine.
Date:
July 7, 1885
Creator:
Embry, Leonard B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Air-Brake.
Patent for "a direct air brake system [that is] adapted to be used in combination with an automatic system, whereby the brakes can be applied by either the automatic or quick system, or the direct, or by both, as the conditions may require" (lines 8-13).
Date:
July 11, 1893
Creator:
Pinkston, Lucien A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fifth Wheel.
Patent for a new and improved fifth wheel for vehicles. This design "consists of improvements in the construction and arrangement of the fifth-wheel apparatus of carriages, the object of which is to enable the parts to be made more cheaply, also to be more readily removable, and also to be more durable in use than as such apparatus is now made" (lines 7-13).
Date:
July 11, 1882
Creator:
Weber, Robert
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Navarro Express (Corsicana, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 32, Ed. 1 Wednesday, July 3, 1861
Weekly newspaper from Corsicana, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
July 3, 1861
Creator:
Neblett, William H.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Navarro Express (Corsicana, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 33, Ed. 1 Wednesday, July 10, 1861
Weekly newspaper from Corsicana, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
July 10, 1861
Creator:
Neblett, William H.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Navarro Express (Corsicana, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 34, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 18, 1861
Weekly newspaper from Corsicana, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
July 18, 1861
Creator:
Neblett, William H.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History