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Soil survey of Milam County, Texas
Text describes the climate, agriculture, soils, and irrigation of Milam County, Texas.
Date:
1930
Creator:
Carter, William T. (William Thomas); Beck, M. W. (Miles Walter); Templin, E. H. (Edward Henry) & Hawker, H. W. (Herman William)
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Power Device for Baling Presses.
Patent for a new and improved power device for baling presses. This design "relates to certain new and useful improvements in power devices for baling-presses of that class wherein is employed a disk rigidly fixed to the shaft of the crank and a disk loosely mounted on said shaft; and it has for its object to improve upon prior constructions of this character. [This design] hinge[s] the lugs on the loosely mounted disk, and, preferably, place a spring between the said lug and the disk, so that either the weight of the lug or the force of the spring will project or suspend the lug" (lines 13-24).
Date:
August 5, 1890
Creator:
Cass, Thomas M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Trace Carrier.
Patent for a new and improved trace carrier. This design "consists in a frame having an oblong slot . . . for the passage of the back-band, and which has the trace-hook formed as a portion of it, in combination with a pivoted triangular-shaped bar or bars, which are loosely connected to the frame, and which close in the oblong opening . . . to clamp or hold the back-band . . . to provide a buckle and back-band hook which can be attached to either a cloth or leather back-band by frictional contact . . . prevent[ing] the necessity of . . . forming tongues upon the buckles" (lines 14-30).
Date:
March 12, 1889
Creator:
Clark, Alexander E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Trace Carrier.
Patent for a new and improved trace-carrier. This design "is to provide the trace-carrier with a locking-brace, which is held in a closed position by the chain, which prevents all possibility of the chain from becoming detached from the carrier while in use" (lines 16-20). To this end, it consists, "with the body having a strap-fastener and an outwardly and upwardly extending hook, of a locking-plate, which is hinged at its upper end to the upper portion of the body, and its lower end provided with an inner perforated projection through which the said hook passes, and a shorter projection" (lines 78-85).
Date:
September 23, 1890
Creator:
Clark, Alexander E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Deep Well Pump.
Patent for a new and improved well pump. This design consists in "the timber bed arranged on the bottom of the well, in combination with two superposed metallic cylinders connected by a stock, said stock being provided at the bottom with inwardly-turned flanges made fast to said bed" (lines 55-60).
Date:
March 22, 1887
Creator:
Clark, Alexander Evans
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pump.
Patent for a new and improved pump. This design "consists in the combination, with a suitable base or support which rests upon the bottom of the well and is provided with cogs upon its upper surface, of a rotating cylinder and delivery-pipe, a crank-shaft journaled in the cylinder and provided with a pinion upon its outer end, a connecting-rod at its inner one, and a vertically-moving piston" (lines 13-20).
Date:
October 30, 1888
Creator:
Clark, Alexander Evans
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bird-Cage
Patent for "bird-cages of the circular kind, wherein the main-frame wires have a band at their lower ends and a single tie-wire arranged diametrically across the band. . .to utilize the single diametrical tie-wire as a support for an inverted interiorly screw-threaded connecting-cap, and to combine with such a device a pan" (lines 10-12 and 17-23).
Date:
September 3, 1889
Creator:
Coffield, Charles Hunter
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Clothes-Pin
Patent for a clothes pin. Illustrations included.
Date:
December 24, 1907
Creator:
Cooke, Jasper Newton & Moeller, John Charles
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Paddle-Wheel
Patent for a paddle wheel. Illustrations included.
Date:
February 22, 1910
Creator:
Dusek, Henry
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mechanical Power.
Patent for a new and improved engine. This design "relates to a combined room-ventilator and fly-hand; and it has for its object to provide a device of this character which shall be simple in its construction and thoroughly efficient and effective in its operation. With these ends in view the invention consists in the improved construction and combination of parts" (lines 9-17).
Date:
May 20, 1884
Creator:
Ellis, James W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Convertible Dust-Pan.
Patent for a convertible dust pan, which does not require stooping over to sweep up dirt into the pan and can also be used as a shovel.
Date:
October 12, 1909
Creator:
Epperson, Albert S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Windmill.
Patent for windmill that is cheap and highly efficient with a simple manufacture.
Date:
October 28, 1902
Creator:
Faubion, William
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper.
Patent for a cotton chopper, which can be attached to a planter.
Date:
October 18, 1910
Creator:
Felton, Thomas W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Cleaner
Patent for an apparatus that is designed to clean cotton before it is placed in a cotton gin. Illustrations included.
Date:
February 15, 1910
Creator:
Felton, Thomas W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rail Tie and Fastener
Patent for "a novel and improved rail-tie and fastener which will support and hold the rails in a substantial manner and prevent displacement and spreading thereof, so as to avoid wrecks or accidents and consequent loss of lives and property" (lines 11-16), including illustrations.
Date:
August 13, 1918
Creator:
Felton, Thomas W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling.
Patent for a simple and effective car coupling that is partially automatic, "and in case of accident or breakage the said device is adapted to be used after the manner of an ordinary car-coupling" (lines 17-19).
Date:
August 9, 1892
Creator:
Felton, Tommas Wesley
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Animal-Trap
Patent for a cylinder shaped animal trap for small furry animals.
Date:
February 25, 1913
Creator:
Fikes, Benjamin M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stalk Rake
Patent for stalk rake. Illustration included.
Date:
December 13, 1904
Creator:
Gamble, Neill B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Alcoa Lake Quadrangle
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 1:24,000
Date:
1988
Creator:
Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Alcoa Lake Quadrangle
Satellite image 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 1:24,000
Date:
2010
Creator:
Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Alcoa Lake Quadrangle
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 1:24000
Date:
2013
Creator:
Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Alcoa Lake Quadrangle
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 1:24000
Date:
1989
Creator:
Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Alcoa Lake Quadrangle
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 1:24000
Date:
1966
Creator:
Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Austin
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 1:250000
Date:
1988
Creator:
Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History