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Music-Indicator. (open access)

Music-Indicator.

Patent for a device that is set upon a piano or other keyed instrument to indicate keys and chords, with illustrations.
Date: January 21, 1908
Creator: Hobart, Frederick Earl
System: The Portal to Texas History
Music-Indicator. (open access)

Music-Indicator.

Patent for a music indicator, which shows sheet music notations and the name of the note and major and minor chords on a device, which is placed over the keyboard of a piano to show where the different notes are for use in teaching music.
Date: January 21, 1908
Creator: Thrash, William E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Railway-Switch (open access)

Automatic Railway-Switch

Patent for an improved automatic railway switch based on an earlier model made by the same person. Illustrations included.
Date: February 11, 1908
Creator: McGee, Richard M. & Jones, William M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Transplanting-Basket (open access)

Transplanting-Basket

Patent for a basket for transplanting various types of plants. Illustrations included.
Date: February 18, 1908
Creator: Edwards, Charles L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Non-Refillable Bottle (open access)

Non-Refillable Bottle

Patent for a bottle that prevents outside liquids from flowing inside. Illustrations included.
Date: March 3, 1908
Creator: Gibson, Elizabeth
System: The Portal to Texas History
Screen-Hanger. (open access)

Screen-Hanger.

Patent for a screen hanger with a hook for a half window screen and a hook for a full window screen on each end of it.
Date: March 3, 1908
Creator: Rust, Emory G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Electric-Light Support (open access)

Electric-Light Support

Patent for a support for electric lights attached to a cord circuit. Illustrations included.
Date: March 10, 1908
Creator: Thevenet, Philip N.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fuel-Briquet. (open access)

Fuel-Briquet.

Patent for a fuel briquet formula consisting of coal waste, cotton seed meal, cattle dung, ground flint rock, and coal oil residuum or asphaltum. Is easily transportable, repels moisture, and burns well.
Date: March 10, 1908
Creator: Mannewitz, August M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Screw-Driver and Attachment Therefor. (open access)

Screw-Driver and Attachment Therefor.

Patent for a screwdriver with an attachment to hold screws in place while putting together eyeglasses.
Date: March 10, 1908
Creator: Chappel, James M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lifting-Jack. (open access)

Lifting-Jack.

Patent for a lifting jack for car trucks.
Date: March 24, 1908
Creator: Berge, Emil Herman Zum
System: The Portal to Texas History
Poultry-Greaser. (open access)

Poultry-Greaser.

Patent for a poultry greaser, which allows the application of insecticide to chickens while they are eating.
Date: March 24, 1908
Creator: Wilson, William W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press (open access)

Baling-Press

Patent for a baling press for hay which is more efficient at compressing the hay than previous machines.
Date: April 7, 1908
Creator: Stopple, John J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mold-Plate for Concrete Construction. (open access)

Mold-Plate for Concrete Construction.

Patent for a mold plate for building concrete walls, which can be moved and reused after each section of wall is built.
Date: April 7, 1908
Creator: Kemper, Ernest G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper (open access)

Cotton-Chopper

Patent for a cotton chopper. Illustrations included.
Date: April 21, 1908
Creator: Barnett, James Samuel
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sanding Machine (open access)

Sanding Machine

Patent for a sanding machine. This invention is designed to apply sand to freshly painted surfaces. The sanding machine consists of a sandbox that communicates with a spraying nozzle. Illustration included.
Date: April 21, 1908
Creator: Mullikin, Ellie Hugh
System: The Portal to Texas History
Switch Cord Plug (open access)

Switch Cord Plug

Patent for a switch cord plug that can be adapted to cords and used with telephone switchboards. Illustrations included.
Date: April 28, 1908
Creator: Smith, Eugene Lamar
System: The Portal to Texas History
Electric Railway-Gate (open access)

Electric Railway-Gate

Patent for an electric railway gate. Illustrations included.
Date: May 5, 1908
Creator: McGee, Richmond M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lathe-Chuck (open access)

Lathe-Chuck

Patent for a lathe chuck to be used with cotton gins. Illustrations included.
Date: May 5, 1908
Creator: Jipperson, John Marsen
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Cleaning and Feeding Mechanism (open access)

Cotton Cleaning and Feeding Mechanism

Patent for a mechanism designed to cleanse cotton of dust or other foreign particles or objects before being fed. Illustrations included.
Date: May 12, 1908
Creator: Lumpkin, Robert B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Gin (open access)

Cotton Gin

Patent for a cotton gin. This is an improvement over previous gins. The invention uses air blasting methods and dispenses with brush drums. Illustration included.
Date: May 12, 1908
Creator: Lumpkin, Robert B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dielectric Separator (open access)

Dielectric Separator

Patent for an apparatus that "separates substances of different dielectric capacities" (lines 12-13). Illustrations included.
Date: May 19, 1908
Creator: Sutton, Henry M.; Steele, Walter L. & Steele, Edwin G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Filling-Machine (open access)

Automatic Filling-Machine

Patent for a filling machine. Illustrations included.
Date: May 26, 1908
Creator: Humphreys, Jerome N.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vestibule Stock-Car (open access)

Vestibule Stock-Car

Patent for a vestibule stock car designed to securely hold the doors of a vestibuled train in a manner that ensures safety. Illustrations included.
Date: May 26, 1908
Creator: Buckner, William A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Kitchen Cabinet (open access)

Kitchen Cabinet

Patent for a kitchen cabinet. This invention is equipped with compartments and bins that distribute granular substances via cut-off valves. Illustration included.
Date: June 2, 1908
Creator: Curtice, William H. & Rosser, Virgil O.
System: The Portal to Texas History