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Improvement in Rotary Engines.
Patent for improvements in rotary engines.
Date:
June 5, 1866
Creator:
Hughes, Robert
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Rotary Engines.
Patent for improvements in valves used in rotary engines.
Date:
May 9, 1871
Creator:
Hughes, Robert
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Condenser.
Patent for a new and improved cotton condenser. This design involves "[t]he lint pass[ing] from the gin through the flue and between the condensing-cylinders, by which it is formed into a bat. The blast from the gin serves to blow all dust from the lint through the wire-cloth of the cylinders and out through the openings in the ends of the latter. The upper cylinder will move vertically in its bearings . . . and thus adjust itself to any quantity of lint that may pass from the gin" (lines 46-55).
Date:
July 10, 1883
Creator:
Sewell, Franklin Milner
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow.
Patent for a new and improved plow. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with a plow-beam, of two side-bars, the rear portion of each of which is folded back upon itself, forming a standard, a shorter standard, a handle the front end of which and the end of the double portion are secured to the said bar by means of a single bolt, and the downturned end of one-half of the adjusting device and a brace for said handle being secured by a single bolt at another place" (lines 8-17).
Date:
February 2, 1886
Creator:
Putman, John Howard
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Steam Plow
Patent for Steam-Plow. "The object of my invention is to provide a new and improved steam-plow, which is simple in construction, has great tractive force, can-not slip, and plows very rapidly and perfectly." (lines 7-10)
Date:
August 3, 1886
Creator:
Lay, William
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Portable Derrick.
Patent for improvements to derricks which make them portable and easily manipulated. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 15, 1891
Creator:
Hurd, George Murray
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Type-Writer Attachment.
Patent for a typewriter attachment that holds and feeds rolls of paper through typewriters. It is inexpensive and fits on several types of typewriters.
Date:
August 25, 1896
Creator:
Baker, Joseph B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ball-Bearing.
Patent for ball-bearings that "consists in improvements in hubs or journal-boxes and in the journals of axles or spindles" (lines 8-10), the "object [of which] is to construct journals and journal-boxes which will be perfectly adjustable and durable and which will be subjected to the least possible friction" (lines 12-15).
Date:
January 26, 1897
Creator:
Baker, Joseph B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tool-Holder.
Patent for "a holder for any class of tools, but being especially adapted for hatchets, garden-tools, and tools of like character." (Lines 7-10) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 31, 1897
Creator:
Richardson, John M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Roller-Bearing.
Patent for improvements in roller bearing for vehicles.
Date:
October 5, 1897
Creator:
Baker, Joseph B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Clothes Pin
Patent for clothes pins. Illustration included.
Date:
November 22, 1904
Creator:
French, Alfonso Claude
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Harness Attachment
Patent for a harness attachment. Illustration included.
Date:
March 14, 1905
Creator:
Bass, John T.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bed-Brace.
Patent for bed braces that tighten the mattress support wires in a bed frame. These bed braces securely keep their position and allow easy adjustments.
Date:
February 5, 1907
Creator:
Lockett, Wyatt W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Clothes Pin
Patent for a clothes pin. Illustration included.
Date:
November 5, 1907
Creator:
Lewis, Joseph Wesley & Phillips, Joseph E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow and Sweep Holder
Patent for a holder for plows and sweeps. Illustrations included.
Date:
February 9, 1909
Creator:
French, Alfonso Claude
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Thill-Support
Patent for a thill support designed to support the thill "without having the weight thrown upon the circle or fifth wheel" (lines 14-15), and may be adjusted to a variety of vehicles. Illustrations included.
Date:
February 9, 1909
Creator:
Story, Sam H
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cloth-Bolt Holder.
Patent for a cloth bolt holder, which attaches to a counter and allows for easy rolling and unrolling of the bolt.
Date:
June 1, 1909
Creator:
Flemister, Ernest T.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Potato-Cutter.
Patent for a potato cutter, which cuts potatoes into uniform slices for planting.
Date:
November 23, 1909
Creator:
Wise, James A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Clothes-Pin.
Patent for a clothes pin that is durable and strong.
Date:
December 7, 1909
Creator:
French, Alfonso Claude
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Soil map, Texas, Morris County sheet
Map displays soil types along with creeks, lakes, rivers, towns, churches, schools, roads, and railroads. Includes legend and soil profiles.
Date:
October 17, 1910
Creator:
United States. Bureau of Soils.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Soil Survey of Morris County, Texas
Text describes the area, climate, agriculture, and soils of Morris County, Texas.
Date:
October 17, 1910
Creator:
Watson, E. B. (Ebenezer Bliss) & Allen, Risden T.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press
Patent for a baling press. Illustrations included.
Date:
November 1, 1910
Creator:
Walker, Charlie E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Trap
Patent for an animal trap. Illustrations included.
Date:
March 7, 1911
Creator:
Kennedy, William H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fertilizer-Distributor.
Patent for a fertilizer distributor, which has a rocking hopper to distribute the fertilizer from.
Date:
March 19, 1912
Creator:
Pate, Grover C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History