Improvement in Presses. (open access)

Improvement in Presses.

Patent for pressing cotton, hay, and tobacco with moveable notches for more control in producing bales and using less power than previous presses, including illustration.
Date: January 17, 1860
Creator: McCray, Thomas H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Governor for Steam-Engines. (open access)

Governor for Steam-Engines.

Patent for a governor for steam-engines that provides "an automatic governing device controlled by the speed, and hence, by the load of the engine, in order to maintain uniformity of movement under variations of load" (lines 10-14).
Date: January 15, 1895
Creator: Johnson, Billie
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gas Retort. (open access)

Gas Retort.

Patent for a new and improved gas-retort. This design "is to provide a new and improved retort for generating gas for illuminating or other purposes from stone coal, and being specially adapted to be used on cooking-stoves. The invention consists of a fire-pot fitting onto the eye of a stove, of a spherical retort held to turn on the said fire-pot and made of two parts, and of a gas outlet formed in one of the trunnions of the retort" (lines 7-16).
Date: January 29, 1889
Creator: Jones, Wesley Corry
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Johnson County, Block 5

Parent map for Johnson County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:17,000.
Date: January 7, 2011
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Johnson County, Block 15

Parent map for Johnson County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:17,000.
Date: January 7, 2011
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Dallas County, Index

Index map for Dallas County, Texas showing the distribution of census blocks and smaller inset areas for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:73,692.
Date: January 12, 2011
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Dallas County, Block 75

Parent map for Dallas County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:8,000.
Date: January 12, 2011
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Ellis County, Block 13

Parent map for Ellis County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:13,000.
Date: January 12, 2011
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Ellis County, Inset J01

Inset map for Ellis County, Texas showing detail within a census block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:1,523.
Date: January 12, 2011
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Hill County, Block 7

Parent map for Hill County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:19,000.
Date: January 12, 2011
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Ellis County, Block 1

Parent map for Ellis County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:13,000.
Date: January 12, 2011
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Ellis County, Inset E01

Inset map for Ellis County, Texas showing detail within a census block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:1,776.
Date: January 12, 2011
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Ellis County, Inset L01

Inset map for Ellis County, Texas showing detail within a census block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:1,300.
Date: January 12, 2011
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Ellis County, Block 17

Parent map for Ellis County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:13,000.
Date: January 12, 2011
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Ellis County, Block 34

Parent map for Ellis County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:13,000.
Date: January 12, 2011
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Ellis County, Index

Index map for Ellis County, Texas showing the distribution of census blocks and smaller inset areas for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:106,444.
Date: January 12, 2011
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Ellis County, Block 27

Parent map for Ellis County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:13,000.
Date: January 12, 2011
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Dallas County, Block 78

Parent map for Dallas County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:8,000.
Date: January 12, 2011
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Ellis County, Block 25

Parent map for Ellis County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:13,000.
Date: January 12, 2011
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Ellis County, Block 4

Parent map for Ellis County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:13,000.
Date: January 12, 2011
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Ellis County, Inset G01

Inset map for Ellis County, Texas showing detail within a census block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:1,219.
Date: January 12, 2011
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Tarrant County, Index

Index map for Tarrant County, Texas showing the distribution of census blocks and smaller inset areas for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:73,692.
Date: January 12, 2011
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Ellis County, Block 26

Parent map for Ellis County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:13,000.
Date: January 12, 2011
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Hill County, Block 12

Parent map for Hill County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:19,000.
Date: January 12, 2011
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History