Baling-Press. (open access)

Baling-Press.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in machines for baling cotton.
Date: March 3, 1898
Creator: Bessonette, Charles L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Process of Baling Cotton. (open access)

Process of Baling Cotton.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in processes of baling cotton.
Date: May 3, 1898
Creator: Bessonette, Charles L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Railroad-Gate. (open access)

Railroad-Gate.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in railroad gates, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 13, 1898
Creator: Cottle, Thomas M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Vehicle - Brake. (open access)

Automatic Vehicle - Brake.

Patent for a new and improved automatic vehicle brake.
Date: May 10, 1898
Creator: Elliott, Joseph Samuel
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

Waco 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: 1898
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cloth Measuring and Cutting Device. (open access)

Cloth Measuring and Cutting Device.

Patent for a new and improved cloth measuring device.
Date: April 5, 1898
Creator: Hood, William B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Marking Attachment. (open access)

Marking Attachment.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in marking attachments, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 12, 1898
Creator: Lane, Sampson W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Portable Folding Mirror-Stand. (open access)

Portable Folding Mirror-Stand.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements portable folding mirror stands, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 27, 1898
Creator: Lane, Sophie A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cushion-Tire Retainer for Vehicle-Wheels. (open access)

Cushion-Tire Retainer for Vehicle-Wheels.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in cushion tire retainers for vehicle wheels, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: November 1, 1898
Creator: Lyon, Leonidas Nicholas, Jr.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hand-Planter. (open access)

Hand-Planter.

Patent for a new and useful hand planter, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: October 11, 1898
Creator: Perry, Timothy B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rail Bond. (open access)

Rail Bond.

Patent for improved track circuit rail joints designed to withstand heavy usage and convey electrical currents between rails, including illustrations.
Date: August 30, 1898
Creator: Talley, William H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Engine. (open access)

Rotary Engine.

Patent for a new and improved rotary engine, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 27, 1898
Creator: Walker, James C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Engine. (open access)

Rotary Engine.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in rotary engines, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 6, 1898
Creator: Walker, James C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Engine. (open access)

Rotary Engine.

Patent for a new and improved rotary engine, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 27, 1898
Creator: Walker, James C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Cleaning and Mattress - Stuffing Machine. (open access)

Cotton Cleaning and Mattress - Stuffing Machine.

Patent for a new and useful improvements in cotton-cleaning and mattress-stuffing machines. This design "relates to improved machinery for cleaning cotton, forming it into bats, and discharging the bats into mattress-sticks" (line 8 to 10).
Date: February 15, 1898
Creator: White, Charles W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History