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Soil Survey of Robertson County, Texas
Text describes the area, climate, agriculture, and soils of Robertson County, Texas.
Date:
January 8, 1909
Creator:
Bennett, Hugh H. & Shaw, Charles F.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Swingletree
Patent for a swingletree. Illustrations included.
Date:
December 20, 1904
Creator:
Brazell, David H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tire for Vehicle-Wheels.
Patent for a vehicle-wheel tire with illustrations included. It is expected to provide "simple, inexpensive, and efficient construction adapted to increase the strength and durability of vehicle-wheels" (lines 12-14) and allow for easy replacements.
Date:
September 16, 1902
Creator:
Carter, Mansion C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Handling Seed-Cotton
Patent for a seed-cotton handling machine for use in cotton gins which as an improved elevator and feeding system.
Date:
August 25, 1908
Creator:
Fuller, James T.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Gin.
Patent for a cotton gin that has a large ginning capacity (similar to saw types of gins) and also preserves the fiber (similar to roller types of gins).
Date:
August 19, 1902
Creator:
Fuller, James T.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Gin
Patent for cotton gin. Illustration included.
Date:
March 7, 1905
Creator:
Fuller, James T.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Press.
Patent is for a cotton press adapted to bale cotton and other materials by compression.
Date:
June 28, 1903
Creator:
Fuller, James T.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvements in Ginning Apparatus
Patent for improvement to a ginning point that provides support and holds points in position for cotton gin cylinder section.
Date:
July 28, 1903
Creator:
Fuller, James T.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Press
Patent for cotton press. This invention "is the production of a press adapted for baling cotton and other materials in cylindrical bales in which the material forming the bales is compactly arranged under heavy pressure in superimposed spiral layers or laps" (line 10-15). Illustrations inlcuded.
Date:
July 26, 1904
Creator:
Fuller, James T. & Workum, Julius F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire Fence Building Implement
Patent for a wire fence building implement. This implement is "adapted to take up slack in an unbroken fence-wire, draw together ends of a broken fence-wire, so as to permit said ends to be spliced together, cut off surplus wire, and pull staples from the fence-posts" (lines 9-15). Illustrations included.
Date:
June 9, 1903
Creator:
Hall, Ed Francis
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bottle.
Patent for non-refillable bottles which can be filled and emptied easily with inexpensive construction. Instead of a stopper, a bottleneck pattern can be used which is efficient and safer.
Date:
August 5, 1902
Creator:
Holland, Willie Washington
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sash Construction
Patent for sash construction with grooves no need for putty or points.
Date:
June 19, 1900
Creator:
Holland, Willie Washington
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Collapsible Crate.
Patent for a collapsible crate, which is easier to ship while collapsed and cheaper to make.
Date:
August 6, 1907
Creator:
Ivey, Henry Curtis
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Acetylene-Gas Generator
Patent for an acetylene gas generator which automatically regulates the feeding of carbide into the generator.
Date:
September 17, 1907
Creator:
Kinard, John M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mower or Reaper
Patent for the improvements of machines called mowers or reapers. It includes an explanation of the improved specifications.
Date:
September 17, 1901
Creator:
Love, Patrick H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Clothes Pin
Patent for a clothes pin. This clothing pin is made of wire and designed to be used for hanging clothes on a line. Illustration included.
Date:
November 6, 1906
Creator:
Luster, Thomas A. & Stewart, James W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Telephone Attachment.
Patent for a telephone attachment for multi-party lines, which allows the user to hold the line against eavesdropping by other users on the line and let multiple people use the line at the same time.
Date:
November 23, 1909
Creator:
Mitchell, Charles B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Weighing-Machine
Patent for "an automatic weighing-machine possessing simplicity, accuracy, and capable of continuous and automatic operation" (lines 13-16).
Date:
March 12, 1901
Creator:
Perry, Frank S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Weighing-Machine
Patent for new weighing machine and hopper dispensing cotton-seed meal, including illustrations
Date:
March 12, 1901
Creator:
Perry, Frank S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Clothes-Pin.
Patent for a clothes pin consisting of a single piece of bent wire.
Date:
March 13, 1906
Creator:
Stewart, James W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Soil map, Texas, Robertson County sheet
Map displays soil types along with lakes, rivers, coal mines, towns, churches, schools, roads, and railroads. Includes legend and soil profiles.
Date:
January 8, 1909
Creator:
United States. Bureau of Soils.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Carbid-Feed Device for Acetylene-Gas Generators.
Patent for a carbide-feed device for Acetylene gas generators, which prevents moisture from getting into the carbide and causing it to stick to the walls of the feed tube.
Date:
October 19, 1909
Creator:
Weaver, John W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow
Patent for a plow. Illustration included.
Date:
July 12, 1904
Creator:
Wilhitte, Lemuel Manuel
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History