WRENCH. (open access)

WRENCH.

Patent for an improved wrench "which can be very quickly adjusted for its work" (lines 13-14), including illustrations.
Date: October 30, 1900
Creator: Phenix, William Preston
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vise. (open access)

Vise.

Patent for new improvements to vises involving accessories "to cooperate with the jaws of the vise in such a manner that the jaws will be very quickly and tightly brought together into direct engagement or into engagement with any object interposed between them," (lines 18-23) and an attachment to restore a work-out vise, including illustrations.
Date: February 11, 1902
Creator: Phenix, William Preston
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Spring-Wheel. (open access)

Spring-Wheel.

Patent for a steel wheel with springs for automobiles that reduces jarring, is affordable, and does not get damaged as easily as the pneumatic tires previously in use on automobiles.
Date: April 23, 1907
Creator: Tubbs, William Oscar
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Drainage System. (open access)

Drainage System.

Patent for a drainage system for draining wet lands and lakes.
Date: July 5, 1910
Creator: Osborne, Charles W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Drain-Pipe. (open access)

Drain-Pipe.

Patent for a drain pipe for irrigation systems.
Date: March 14, 1911
Creator: Osborne, Charles W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Drainage System (open access)

Drainage System

Patent for a drainage system. Illustration included.
Date: June 6, 1911
Creator: Osborne, Charles W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
System of Subirrigation. (open access)

System of Subirrigation.

Patent for the improvement of a subirrigation system, which allows the prevention of the pipes being choked by pipes through the use of coiled pipes.
Date: January 23, 1912
Creator: Robinson, William M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pump and Windmill Connection (open access)

Pump and Windmill Connection

Patent for a connection between a pump and a windmill which varies the speed of the stroke.
Date: July 22, 1913
Creator: Slover, James S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Lathes. (open access)

Attachment for Lathes.

Patent for an improved attachment for lathes and (more specifically) as a cutting attachment for a jeweler's lathe.
Date: November 18, 1913
Creator: Norton, Walter S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dental Appliance. (open access)

Dental Appliance.

Patent for a dental appliance attachment for a dental engine.
Date: December 9, 1913
Creator: Ballenger, Curtis M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Silo (open access)

Silo

Patent for a silo composed of sections that can be arranged to modify the capacity as needed, including illustrations.
Date: April 21, 1914
Creator: Ames, James W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus For Forming And Vulcanizing Rubberized Fabric And Rubber Tires. (open access)

Apparatus For Forming And Vulcanizing Rubberized Fabric And Rubber Tires.

Patent for an apparatus for "forming and vulcanizing rubberized fabric and rubber tires for use on vehicle and other wheels &c., &c.” (lines 13-16) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 8, 1914
Creator: Dees, Mark A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rubberized Fabric and Rubber Tire. (open access)

Rubberized Fabric and Rubber Tire.

Patent for rubberized fabric and rubber tires.
Date: March 2, 1915
Creator: Dees, Mark A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dustless Trousers Cabinet. (open access)

Dustless Trousers Cabinet.

Patent for improvement of construction of display cabinets in stores.
Date: June 2, 1915
Creator: O'neal, Simean
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Water Tank Cut-Off (open access)

Water Tank Cut-Off

Patent for improvements on the devices controlling the flow of water in tanks. Development and use are within text; includes illustrations to demonstrate the object of the patent.
Date: December 11, 1917
Creator: Law, Eugene L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Detent Mechanism for Wire-Stretchers. (open access)

Detent Mechanism for Wire-Stretchers.

Patent for a new mechanism on a wire stretching device that makes the device cheaper and portable to use on wire fences, including illustrations.
Date: May 28, 1918
Creator: Green, Fred O.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automobile Road-Light. (open access)

Automobile Road-Light.

Patent for an automobile road-light improvement that causes the lights of a moving vehicle to move in conformity of the vehicle itself. The device is readily attachable to automobiles of standard type.
Date: February 25, 1919
Creator: Tausch, Joseph H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Windmill Pipe Attachment (open access)

Windmill Pipe Attachment

Patent for a windmill pipe attachment that is meant to close the vent opening of a windmill and drain from an opening of the user's choosing.
Date: December 30, 1919
Creator: Boerner, Fredrick W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

Soil map, Texas, Lubbock County sheet

Map displays soil types along with creeks, experiment farms, towns, schools, roads, and railroads. Includes legend and symbols.
Date: 1920
Creator: United States. Bureau of Soils.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Soil survey of Lubbock County, Texas (open access)

Soil survey of Lubbock County, Texas

Text describes the climate, agriculture, and soils of Lubbock County, Texas.
Date: 1920
Creator: Veatch, J. O. (Jethro Otto) & Lewis, H. G. (Henry Guy)
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow (open access)

Plow

Patent for a plow which plows two furrows simultaneously. An axle is mounted on wheels, and the two adjustable plow beams pivot from the axle so that furrow depth and the width between furrows can be adjusted. Patent includes illustrations.
Date: November 30, 1920
Creator: Henderson, Warren H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vignetting Attachment for Multiple-Exposure Cameras. (open access)

Vignetting Attachment for Multiple-Exposure Cameras.

Patent for a multiple exposure camera attachment that allows multiple exposures to be made on a single plate or film, blending the exposures perfectly while avoiding harsh lines. The attachment is a telescopic tubular attachment with "a plurality of apertured light ray interrupting diaphragms" (lines 77-78).
Date: April 5, 1921
Creator: Moine, Selest E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-4708 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-4708

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Gerald Mann, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Is Lubbock County authorized to pay the hospital expenses incurred under the facts submitted?
Date: August 5, 1942
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: V-716 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: V-716

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Price Daniel, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Authority of county to jointly erect with a city an itinerant Mexican labor camp building in Lubbock.
Date: November 8, 1948
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History