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Star of the Republic Museum Notes, Volume 25, Number [2], [Winter 2000]
Quarterly newsletter of the Star of the Republic Museum, providing historic information and updates related to events, news, and exhibits at the museum.
Date:
2000-01~
Creator:
Star of the Republic Museum (Washington, Tex.)
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Display Rack.
Patent for rotary display rack for goods to be readily exhibited.
Date:
January 29, 1918
Creator:
Koehler, Bert J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Scrubber And Mop.
Patent for the combination of a scrubber, a mop, and a water receptacle to supply the cleansing liquid to the surface that is being cleaned and it provides a mechanism for wringing the mop.
Date:
January 23, 1912
Creator:
Lee, Bryant
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hydrocarbon-Burner.
Patent for a hydrocarbon burner for home use, which has a steam generator which operates automatically.
Date:
January 14, 1908
Creator:
Hoffman, Robert V.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Design for a Syringe Nozzle-Tip.
Design patent for a syringe nozzle-tip. Leading feature of design resides in a tip-body having at one end a spheroidal head and a cylindrical stemp extended from one side of the head and provided with a plurality of spaced longitudinal grooves.
Date:
January 10, 1899
Creator:
Day, Elisha L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Press
Patent for cotton press for bailing cotton employed in forming cylindrical bales from bat or sheet of cotton received from the condenser. (lines 10-13)
Date:
January 27, 1903
Creator:
Carter, Edward D.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Waller County, Index
Index map for Waller 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 1:92,115.
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): Waller County, Block 1
Parent map for Waller County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:18,000.
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): Waller County, Block 4
Parent map for Waller County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:18,000.
Date:
January 12, 2011
Creator:
United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling.
Patent for an automatic car-coupling that is designed to be operated from either side of the car. The danger of an operator passing between cars to couple or uncouple the cars is avoided in this invention, and the coupling can be adapted to couple cars that have draw-bars to unequal height. The coupling can be manually operated if wished.
Date:
January 28, 1896
Creator:
Boyd, James S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling.
Patent for "car-couplers of the link-and-pin type which couple automatically and are provided with unlocking-levers operated from the top and side of a car, and designed to avoid the necessity of passing between the cars to couple or uncouple the same." (Lines 11-17) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
January 28, 1896
Creator:
Boyd, James S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cartridge-Loading Machine
Patent for improvements to the machine originally patented on August 10, 186 by Edward A. Franklin of Brenham, patent no. 347,268.
Date:
January 15, 1889
Creator:
Franklin, Edward A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cooking Utensil.
Patent for a new and improved cooking utensil. This design consists in "[a] cooking-vessel consisting of the outer vessel having a notched lid, and a handle provided with the pin, and the inner perforated vessel having a handle projecting over the [first] handle, and apertured to receive the pin, and legs on the bottom of the perforated vessel" (lines 4-10).
Date:
January 4, 1887
Creator:
Hervey, Frances Pickett
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Liquid-Transferring Device for Vessels.
Patent for an "improved apparatus in position for transferring liquid from one vessel to another," (lines 10-12) with instructions and illustrations.
Date:
October 24, 1890
Creator:
Franklin, Edward A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Nut Lock.
Patent for a new and improved nut lock. This design "consists in a friction roller held loosely between two nuts, or between a nut and any object to be held by a bolt, which roller, when the nut or lock-nut is screwed down upon it, binds the nut or nuts upon the bolt and locks them securely thereon" (lines 11-16).
Date:
January 20, 1885
Creator:
Campbell, James A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Shaker for Mixed Beverages.
Patent for a new and improved shaker for mixed drinks. This design utilizes a spring and a hinge to enable a lid with holes for straining to be attached directly to the cocktail shaker. This eliminates the chance that the straining lid would not be at hand when mixing a drink as well as the chance of losing the straining lid.
Date:
January 30, 1883
Creator:
Murphy, William H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Compounds for Destroying Caterpillars.
Patent for an insecticide compound that combines Paris green, flour, and lime, which allows the poison, arsenic, to better adhere to cotton plants. Includes instructions.
Date:
January 14, 1873
Creator:
Whisenant, Green F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Bale-Ties
Patent for a new and improved cotton bale tie utilizing a simple and fast pronged buckle tie which is simple and cheap to manufacture.
Date:
January 30, 1875
Creator:
Jones, Henry Bradley
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Presses
Patent for a new and useful improvement in a cotton press. "Our invention has for its object to furnish an improved press for baling cotton as it comes from the gin, &c., &c." (lines 14-16).
Date:
January 5, 1875
Creator:
Crenshaw, William T. & Carothers, Robert J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improved Baling-Press.
Patent for improvements in portable press by dividing the pressing-chamber into two parts, one of which is fixed to the wagon-frame, the other part is movable. “The movable part contains the follower, adapted to be titled with it, and operated by the winding-drum, cords, wheel and the wings, working in the horizontal slots in the sides of these parts.” (Lines 81-85) Illustration is included.
Date:
January 12, 1869
Creator:
Berkeley, J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Soil survey of Washington County, Texas
Text describes the area, climate, agriculture, and soils of Washington County, Texas.
Date:
January 26, 1915
Creator:
Meyer, A. H. (Alfred Henry); Eckmann, E. C.; Cantrell, L. & Davis, L. V.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Soil map, Texas, Washington County sheet
Map displays soil types along with creeks, rivers, towns, schools, churches, roads, and railroads. Includes legend and soil profiles.
Date:
January 26, 1915
Creator:
United States. Bureau of Soils.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History