[Texas] Typical Curves of Precipitation

Series of three graphs demarcating the average rainfall per month for specific Texas cities across different regions of the state. Some lines are marked in red to distinguish individual points.
Date: 1891
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Technical Drawing
System: The Portal to Texas History
Region View, Number 3.2, Summer 1996 (open access)

Region View, Number 3.2, Summer 1996

Quarterly newsletter of the Houston-Galveston Area Council discussing census data, demographics, land use, and other information about the gulf region of Texas.
Date: Summer 1996
Creator: Houston-Galveston Area Council. Data Services Department.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Regional View, Fall 1994 (open access)

Regional View, Fall 1994

Quarterly newsletter of the Houston-Galveston Area Council discussing census data, demographics, land use, and other information about the gulf region of Texas.
Date: Autumn 1994
Creator: Houston-Galveston Area Council. Data Services Department.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Regional View, Spring 1995 (open access)

Regional View, Spring 1995

Quarterly newsletter of the Houston-Galveston Area Council discussing census data, demographics, land use, and other information about the gulf region of Texas.
Date: Spring 1995
Creator: Houston-Galveston Area Council. Data Services Department.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Regional View, Summer 1995 (open access)

Regional View, Summer 1995

Quarterly newsletter of the Houston-Galveston Area Council discussing census data, demographics, land use, and other information about the gulf region of Texas.
Date: Summer 1995
Creator: Houston-Galveston Area Council. Data Services Department.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Region View, Number 2.3, Winter 1995 (open access)

Region View, Number 2.3, Winter 1995

Quarterly newsletter of the Houston-Galveston Area Council discussing census data, demographics, land use, and other information about the gulf region of Texas.
Date: Winter 1995
Creator: Houston-Galveston Area Council. Data Services Department.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Region View, Issue 3.1, Spring 1996 (open access)

Region View, Issue 3.1, Spring 1996

Quarterly newsletter of the Houston-Galveston Area Council discussing census data, demographics, land use, and other information about the gulf region of Texas.
Date: Spring 1996
Creator: Houston-Galveston Area Council. Data Services Department.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Regional View, Summer 1994 (open access)

Regional View, Summer 1994

Quarterly newsletter of the Houston-Galveston Area Council discussing census data, demographics, land use, and other information about the gulf region of Texas.
Date: Spring 1994
Creator: Houston-Galveston Area Council. Data Services Department.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Electric-Light Holder. (open access)

Adjustable Electric-Light Holder.

Patent for an adjustable electric-light holder for automobiles.
Date: November 26, 1918
Creator: Balke, Morris
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Chimney Cowl. (open access)

Chimney Cowl.

Patent for a chimney cowl with a manually controlled spark outlet
Date: June 4, 1920
Creator: Jezova, Mary
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Collapsible Tent. (open access)

Collapsible Tent.

Patent for improving collapsible tent rods and corner posts that support the structure, with illustrations.
Date: March 30, 1920
Creator: Hackfield, Arnold W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Acetylene-Gas Generator. (open access)

Acetylene-Gas Generator.

Patent for "an improved apparatus for generating acetylene gas" (lines 12-13). The apparatus includes a carbid receptacle with a conical bottom and a cylindrical valve for better control of the carbid, as well as a gas tank with a gasometer-bell which operates the system.
Date: December 3, 1918
Creator: Lay, Claud
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Clothes-Rack. (open access)

Clothes-Rack.

Patent for "a new and improved clothes rack, adapted to be carried in one's pocket," (lines 8-10) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 1, 1919
Creator: Walling, Carl H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automobile-Hood Attachment. (open access)

Automobile-Hood Attachment.

Patent for a device that can be affixed to the hood of a car, preventing rainwater from leaking into the electricals under the hood and behind the dashboard.
Date: February 15, 1921
Creator: Gerhart, Joe P.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sunken-Ship Indicator. (open access)

Sunken-Ship Indicator.

Patent for an object that can show the location a sunken boat from the surface of the water and can be carried in or by a boat and becomes operable once the boat sinks.
Date: September 7, 1920
Creator: Hlavaty, Joe, Jr.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stock-Chute for Dipping-Vats. (open access)

Stock-Chute for Dipping-Vats.

Patent for new improvements that allow for easier transition of animals from a stock-chute into a dipping vat because the "animal will overcome the effect of the counterbalancing weight and will cause the discharge end of the chute to move downwardly precipitating the animal into the vat or trough" (lines 20-26) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: May 31, 1921
Creator: Burt, Clement P.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oil-Burner. (open access)

Oil-Burner.

Patent introduces the inventor's specific improvements to oil-burning stoves. The air and oil are fed into the chamber of the stove and thoroughly mixed before burning.
Date: August 24, 1920
Creator: Beckman, William
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Picking Nozzle. (open access)

Cotton-Picking Nozzle.

Patent for a new cotton picking nozzle that can be used with a suction device to pick cotton more efficiently, including illustrations.
Date: March 30, 1920
Creator: Taylor, Charles E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Discharge Device for Cotton-Seed Unloaders. (open access)

Discharge Device for Cotton-Seed Unloaders.

Patent for a discharge device in which cotton seed can be unloaded to an elevator, conveyer, or elsewhere. The invention also has the ability to clean and cool the cotton seed while being unloaded, also making it dry which makes it in better condition for storing.
Date: May 18, 1920
Creator: Golloher, Charles H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Snowplow. (open access)

Snowplow.

Patent for a new snowplow design for use at the front of a motor vehicle, steam car, or electric car. The snowplow is triangular in shape, and has sides that can be adjusted vertically, to increase the height of the plow.
Date: November 15, 1921
Creator: Jezova, Mary
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Button (open access)

Button

Patent for a button that holds articles of clothing securely with a combination of rings
Date: January 11, 1916
Creator: Karger, Rose
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Collapsible Crate (open access)

Collapsible Crate

Patent fora collapsible crate used specifically for "shipping poultry or other live animals" (lines 11-12).
Date: March 23, 1915
Creator: Master, Chester A. & Wolnitzek, Oscar T.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Phonographic Reproducers. (open access)

Attachment for Phonographic Reproducers.

Patent for a device that reduces the crackling sound of records playing on a phonograph.
Date: March 20, 1917
Creator: Gollmer, Edmund
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ventilator. (open access)

Ventilator.

Patent for a ventilating cowl for buildings for fire prevention by causing smoke and sparks to pass outside of a building or deflate to the surface below. The cowl is cone shaped with a deflecting surface and has several rings through which smoke and sparks can pass through to the outside.
Date: November 30, 1915
Creator: Ashorn, Inshrish
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History