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Bolt and Nut-Lock. (open access)

Bolt and Nut-Lock.

Patent for "a nut-lock of such construction that it may be used either as a permanent nut-lock or one in which the locking feature may be thrown out of engagement when it is desired to remove the bolt for any purpose." (Lines 15-20) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: January 21, 1896
Creator: Nevill, William B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Antirefilling Bottle. (open access)

Antirefilling Bottle.

Patent for a bottle that can be easily sealed but cannot be resealed after opened. There is a groove in the neck of the bottle, and the cork is placed below the groove. The cork is hollowed out and a plug is placed in the cork. The cork is hollowed out and a plug with a groove around it is placed in the cork.An elastic compressible locking-ring fits in the gap the groove in the bottle and the groove in the plug create.
Date: January 5, 1897
Creator: Nevill, William B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cattle-Guard. (open access)

Cattle-Guard.

Patent for a railway cattle-guard that is simple, inexpensive, and efficient. It prevents the cattle "from traversing a railway-track in order to pass form one field or inclosure to another" (line 12-14). It has spurred rollers, and has a unique way of mounting rollers or rotary ties, in that they do not block the track.
Date: January 5, 1897
Creator: Nevill, William Birt
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Chopper and Cultivator. (open access)

Cotton Chopper and Cultivator.

Patent for a machine that allows the user to simultaneously cut down and plow cotton, or perform either task separately. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: October 5, 1897
Creator: Hargrove, Byron Lafayette
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Making Tablets (open access)

Machine for Making Tablets

Patent for a machine for making tablets. This patent describes improvements in tablet-making machines or molds, which will be simple in construction and which will make tablets of different sizes, there being provided plates which are perforated and of different sizes whereby the thickness which it is desired to mold the tablets may be regulated.
Date: February 25, 1896
Creator: Loving, Joseph H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Trace-Fastener. (open access)

Trace-Fastener.

Patent for improvements in trace fasteners, with illustrations.
Date: June 29, 1897
Creator: Brownwell, John A. F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pumping Apparatus. (open access)

Pumping Apparatus.

Patent for a pumping apparatus that has "certain improvements in that class of pumps known as ejectors for raising liquids out of wells by means of compressed air or stream" (lines 9-12). The pump quickly and easily raises large amounts of water and is an improvement on a patent previously granted to the inventor (No. 474,819).
Date: March 27, 1894
Creator: Nevill, William Birt
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ejector-Pump. (open access)

Ejector-Pump.

Patent for an improved ejector pump that operates using air or steam pressure, and pumps water any height or distance. The invention is easily operated and practical.
Date: January 23, 1894
Creator: Nevill, William Birt
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

Rockwall Co.

Blue line print of survey map of Rockwall County, Texas, showing rivers, creeks, original land grants or surveys, and towns. Scale [ca. 1:160,000] (6000 varas to 1 1/4 of an inch).
Date: [1890..1925]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Cultivator Wheel. (open access)

Cotton-Cultivator Wheel.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in cotton cultivator wheels, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: October 24, 1899
Creator: Holloway, Willis W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Railway-Gate. (open access)

Railway-Gate.

Patent for a new and useful railway gate, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 6, 1898
Creator: McGregor, Montague M. & Williams, James Henry
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Frame For Cultivators. (open access)

Frame For Cultivators.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in frames for cultivators and other agricultural implements, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 13, 1898
Creator: Zollner, Matthes & Zollner, Carl
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Thinner. (open access)

Cotton-Thinner.

Patent for a machine that thins cotton fibers.
Date: September 12, 1899
Creator: Billingsley, William
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History