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[Letter from A. C. Allen to C. C. Cox, November 18th, 1918]
Letter from lawyer A. C. Allen to C. C. Cox discussing a lawsuit against a Mr. Corbett in Montgomery County, Texas. The envelope is included.
Date:
November 18, 1918
Creator:
Allen, A. C.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Process of Treating Hydrocarbons
Patent for a new or improved process which distills heavy hydrocarbon oils into large volumes of gasoline or other lighter volatile liquids.
Date:
September 18, 1918
Creator:
Andrews, Benjamin & Averill, Willard C., Jr.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Internal-Combustion-Engine Carbureters.
Patent for Improvements in Attachments for Internal-Combustion-Engine Carbureters. The "explosive mixture entering the cylinders of the engine may be improved and in this way increase the efficiency of the engine" (lines 12-15).
Date:
September 10, 1918
Creator:
Atkinson, John P.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Shadowgraph.
Patent for "improvements in shadowgraphs" (lines 12-13) "to afford entertainment and amusement" (lines 22-23) by means of using "a holder for pieces of which a design may be composed" (lines 31-32), including one illustration.
Date:
April 16, 1918
Creator:
Barler, Eugene Miles
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Electric Fire and Burglar Alarm
Patent for new and useful improvements to fire and burglar alarms. The invention includes improvements so that frequent battery changes are not necessary.
Date:
February 5, 1918
Creator:
Bates, Lewis E. & Hanks, Vollie V.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hose-Clamp
Patent for "certain new and useful Improvements in Hose-Clamps" (lines 5-6). "It is the object of this invention to provide a clamp which is provided with yieldable slips, which securely clamp the hose to prevent the separation of the hose from the nipple..." (lines 30-34).
Date:
May 21, 1918
Creator:
Bennett, Clarence D.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Motor For Fluid-Meters.
Patent for a motor for fluid meters. This specific construction will eliminate the friction of the moveable parts.
Date:
February 5, 1918
Creator:
Bradley, Richard C. & Ireland, C. Frank
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Vehicle-Headlights.
Patent for attachment for vehicle headlights. The invention has a deflecting hood for the head light that deflects the light downward, below the line of sight, particularly for oncoming vehicles
Date:
March 26, 1918
Creator:
Burns, Bessie A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Aerial Projectile
Patent for an aerial projectile for use as an anti-infantry bomb, dropped by planes. Specifically, it is a fragmentation bomb hand dropped from planes that will not only deliver an explosive blast and the subsequent shrapnel, but deliver such a blast as to destroy itself so it cannot be reverse engineered.
Date:
September 25, 1918
Creator:
Bury, Thomas J. & Bury, Oney
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sulphur-Mining Apparatus.
Patent for a thermal solvent based sulfur mining apparatus that is placed in a sulfur mining well. Utilizing thermodynamics, the apparatus has a new way to introduce air or steam into the various parts of the apparatus. It is designed with "simplicity and durability of construction" (lines 49-50).
Date:
December 17, 1918
Creator:
Carmichael, Robert E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Field service postcard]
A pre-printed field service postcard. The postcard has explicit instructions on how to fill out, saying the postcard will be destroyed if extra information is added, and to include only a date and signature. The handwriting at the bottom of the postcard is signed by John H. Carper and dated August 16, 1918. Carper has crossed out generated sentences, stating he is quite well and has received someone's letter dated July 18, 1918. On the back of the postcard, the addressee is Mrs. John H. Carper at 818 Austin St., Houston, Texas.
Date:
August 16, 1918
Creator:
Carper, John H.
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Expansive and Contractive Well-Drill
Patent for improvements for expansive and contractive well drill involving improvements to drill bits.
Date:
July 2, 1918
Creator:
Carter, Oscar Martin
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Centrifugal Brake Mechanism
Patent for a centrifugal break mechanism, primarily designed as an automatic brake device for elevators travelling at an abnormal speed.
Date:
April 16, 1918
Creator:
Cobb, Albert C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Dave Cohen to D. W. Kempner, September 10, 1918]
Letter from Dave Cohen to D. W. Kempner providing his best recollection of where their grandparents were born and letting him know that he will ask Herman Cohen and Mr. Asher for information as well.
Date:
September 10, 1918
Creator:
Cohen, Dave
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Line-Shaft Oiler
Patent for improvements to line-shaft oilers to more easily oil bearings and prevent oil waste.
Date:
April 2, 1918
Creator:
Collins, Joseph P.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stove.
Patent for a stove with a combustion chamber that utilizes oil as fuel through an oil burner in said chamber, illustration included.
Date:
February 5, 1918
Creator:
Cook, Charles F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Casket.
Patent for a casket with that is a "reinforced plastic burial casket which shall be of a light construction but having great strength in proportion to its weight" (lines 13 - 16), hermetically sealing the interior and keeping water out, including illustrations.
Date:
March 18, 1918
Creator:
Cook, Leander P.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Artificial Tooth
Patent for an artificial tooth that is better able to anchor to the mouth plate.
Date:
July 5, 1918
Creator:
Dee, Thomas W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Refrigerator-Car
Patent for a refrigerated train car "containing ice receptacles and equipped with pipe coils through which the brine given off from the ice may be circulated around the walls of the car" (p. 1, lines 10-15) which also circulates the cooled air through the car.
Date:
September 10, 1918
Creator:
Dietz, Maurice B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Locking Device
Patent for improvements to automatic locking devices when turned one direction with illustrations.
Date:
May 14, 1918
Creator:
Dixon, Thomas K.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Device For Extracting Cores From Wells.
Patent for a device to obtain samples of the core formed by drilling tools at any depth and withdrawing the same to the surface during the process of drilling.
Date:
January 8, 1918
Creator:
Dodds, Redus D.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texan (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 18, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 18, 1918
Weekly Czech language newspaper from Houston, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
July 18, 1918
Creator:
Drozda, J.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Centrifugal Pump
Patent for centrifugal pump design meant to improve upon past models in which pieces of the pump wear out over time.
Date:
December 17, 1918
Creator:
Duda, Oswald
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bale Forming Press.
Patent for a bale forming press to form bales of hay and automatically secure "baling wires around the bale as formed" (lines 13-14). It automatically stops the feeder when "the bale is being tied" (lines 19-20) and winds and automatically unwinds and winds the wire.
Date:
February 26, 1918
Creator:
Dudley, Andrew T.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History