Container-Holder. (open access)

Container-Holder.

Patent for a container holder for holding ice cream containers packed in buckets with ice around them from floating when the ice melts.
Date: October 31, 1911
Creator: Williams, Winfield B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Furnace (open access)

Furnace

Patent for a furnace that burns low grade fuel completely reducing waste.
Date: May 28, 1912
Creator: Rice, Earley W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Chopping Machine (open access)

Chopping Machine

Patent for a chopping machine. Illustrations included.
Date: February 8, 1910
Creator: Kilman, John J. & McCown, J. R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator-Hopple. (open access)

Cultivator-Hopple.

Patent for the simplification, strengthening, and adjustment of levers to make using a cultivator hopple easier to use.
Date: February 3, 1914
Creator: McCanless, Joseph E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Air-Compressor. (open access)

Air-Compressor.

Patent for a more efficient air compressor with high and low pressure chambers formed of mating sections that can be detached to make repairs to the piston as necessary.
Date: April 1, 1913
Creator: Murphy, Edward
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Burglar-Alarm. (open access)

Burglar-Alarm.

Patent for a burglar alarm device that is triggered by the movement of a door or window, including illustrations.
Date: October 30, 1917
Creator: Alderman, Joseph S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Antiskidding Vehicle Wheel-Tire. (open access)

Antiskidding Vehicle Wheel-Tire.

Patent for an antiskidding vehicle wheel tire that has tread structure which prevents slippage or skidding of the tires on wet or icy roads.
Date: July 15, 1913
Creator: Dees, Mark A. & Dees, Thomas M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cranking Device (open access)

Cranking Device

Patent for cranking device to start internal combustion engines and designed specifically for automobiles.
Date: June 24, 1919
Creator: Harris, Irvin F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Soil survey of Ellis County, Texas (open access)

Soil survey of Ellis County, Texas

Text describes climate, agriculture, and soils of Ellis County, Texas.
Date: October 13, 1911
Creator: Bennett, Frank; Burke, R. T. (Richard Thomas Avon) & Lounsbury, Clarence
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

Soil map, Texas, Ellis County sheet

Map displays soil types along with creeks, lakes, rivers, ferries, roads, railroads, towns, and schools. Shows numbered sections. Includes legend and soil profiles.
Date: October 13, 1911
Creator: United States. Bureau of Soils.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Sharpening Cutlery. (open access)

Machine for Sharpening Cutlery.

Patent for machine for sharpening cutlery that clamps object to be sharpened in a moveable carrier in position to be reciprocated between abrading members.
Date: November 7, 1911
Creator: Hunter, Joseph W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

Fort Worth Sheet

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:125000
Date: 1918
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Cleburne Sheet

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:125000
Date: 1917
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Chicken-Brooder (open access)

Chicken-Brooder

Patent for an improved Chicken-Brooder that provide an improved brooder especially for outdoor use or independently of poultry house.
Date: April 29, 1919
Creator: Murray, Richard R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Stretcher. (open access)

Wire-Stretcher.

Patent for "drawing the ends of wire together for the purpose of splicing" (lines 10-12) with illustrations.
Date: November 18, 1913
Creator: Holland, Isaac W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement to Tire-Patch for Inner Tubes (open access)

Improvement to Tire-Patch for Inner Tubes

Patent for an improvement to tire-patches for inner tubes by making use of "a simple devise for jacketing that part of an inner tube which may be adjacent to a puncture or weak place in the outer casing to prevent blow outs" (lines 11-14). Instructions and illustrations included.
Date: February 9, 1915
Creator: Major, William W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Weighing Machine (open access)

Weighing Machine

Patent for a weighing machine. Illustration included.
Date: August 16, 1910
Creator: Allison, Joseph W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Well Drilling Bit. (open access)

Well Drilling Bit.

Patent for new and improved well-drilling bit. Illustration included.
Date: March 7, 1916
Creator: Marney, Robert A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Internal-Combustion Motor. (open access)

Internal-Combustion Motor.

Patent for an internal combustion engine which "embodies an improved construction of cylinders and connections between the pistons and the crank shaft" (lines 23-25) and which "will be simple, light, composed of comparatively few parts and capable of generating great power" (lines 28-31).
Date: May 26, 1914
Creator: Brown, Jared V., Jr.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Juice-Extractor (open access)

Juice-Extractor

Patent for a juice extractor for making drinks at soda fountains. Illustrations included.
Date: January 3, 1911
Creator: Williams, Winfield B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ullage-Rod (open access)

Ullage-Rod

Patent for an ullage rod. Illustrations included.
Date: June 21, 1910
Creator: Mackoy, Edgar S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wagon-Standard (open access)

Wagon-Standard

Patent for strong and durable standard for wagons that are adjustable to any size bolster.
Date: May 6, 1913
Creator: Cowart, Stephen A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Juice-Extractor (open access)

Juice-Extractor

Patent for an improved juice extractor including a way to remove the strainer for easy cleaning or replacement, a swivel for the handle, and an overall more efficient device.
Date: March 4, 1913
Creator: Williams, Winfield B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vending Apparatus (open access)

Vending Apparatus

Patent for a vending machine for postage supplies. Illustrations included.
Date: September 6, 1910
Creator: Harris, Irvin F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History