Economics of Irrigation Systems (open access)

Economics of Irrigation Systems

This document provides information on irrigation systems for the AgriLife extension Texas A & M System.
Date: October 2011
Creator: Amosson, Stephen Harold
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tool of the Pliers Type. (open access)

Tool of the Pliers Type.

Patent for pliers with an improved handle.
Date: October 4, 1910
Creator: Ball, William Rossam
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Washing-Machine. (open access)

Washing-Machine.

Patent for simple, inexpensive, and fast-acting a washing-machine for clothes and dishes. It does not take much work to use. It has two bodies that are secured together.
Date: October 22, 1895
Creator: Brooks, Richard P.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combination-Tool. (open access)

Combination-Tool.

Patent for a tool that is comprised of a hammer, wrench, staple puller, wire cutter, and a claw. Includes illustrations.
Date: October 19, 1897
Creator: Burkhalter, William P.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Building and Rerolling Wire Fences. (open access)

Machine for Building and Rerolling Wire Fences.

Patent for "improvement in machines for building and rerolling wire fences" (lines 4-6), with instructions and illustrations.
Date: October 5, 1886
Creator: Edge, John S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stalk Cutter (open access)

Stalk Cutter

Patent for a stalk cutter. Illustration included.
Date: October 31, 1905
Creator: Lee, Frank A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Planter. (open access)

Cotton Planter.

Patent for a new and improved planter. This design consists in "the frame, the wheels, the axle provided with the fingers, and the spout attached to the under side of the frame, of the hopper having a slot in its bottom decreasing in width from its forward to its rear end, plates, adjustably secured to the bottom of the hopper, the vertical shaft journaled in the hopper, and the horizontal arms on the said shaft" (lines 92-100).
Date: October 5, 1886
Creator: Lowry, Talman Porter
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combination Tool (open access)

Combination Tool

Patent for a combination tool. Illustration included.
Date: October 18, 1904
Creator: Millican, Wilber Ashby
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Multiple Submarine Destroyer (open access)

Multiple Submarine Destroyer

Patent for a munitions delivery system designed for anti-submarine warfare. Specifically, this devise is a multi-stage explosive that periodically (period of deployment determined by depth measurement) deploys first a primary detonating charge, followed up by the detonation of multiple, smaller charges scattered by the primary explosion, ensuring an area of effect should the primary canister miss it's intended target. The patent notes that should the canister actually make contact with an object on it's bottom facing, all explosives in the canister will be triggered at once.
Date: October 1, 1917
Creator: Saladiner, Joseph M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Riding-Cultivators and Other Agricultural Implements (open access)

Attachment for Riding-Cultivators and Other Agricultural Implements

Patent for an attachment for riding cultivators and other agricultural implements which has an adjustable point that allows the same depth of furrow to be made across undulating ground.
Date: October 12, 1909
Creator: Simpson, Charles Neil
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Flower-Pot. (open access)

Flower-Pot.

Patent for a flower-pot that doesn't damage the roots of the plant while transplanting the plant. The pot has a removable bottom and sides made from sheet metal with clasps.
Date: October 29, 1895
Creator: Simpson, McDuff
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
OTSC Quarterly Newsletter, Volume 22, Number 4, October 2, 2015 (open access)

OTSC Quarterly Newsletter, Volume 22, Number 4, October 2, 2015

Quarterly newsletter for the Office of the Texas State Chemist, containing news about the activities of the agency as well as other related information
Date: October 2, 2015
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Chemist.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Using Fences to Exclude Feral Hogs from Wildlife Feeding Stations (open access)

Using Fences to Exclude Feral Hogs from Wildlife Feeding Stations

This document provides information on using fences on feral hogs to exclude them from wildlife feeding stations.
Date: October 2011
Creator: Timmons, Jared
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History