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Truncilla truncata, Specimen #1225
One preserved mussel specimen including both the left and right valves. The specimen exhibits a triangular shape; thick shell; white internal coloring; brown external coloring; no external sculpturing. Collected in the Trinity basin. The specimen measures between 60 - 100 mm in length and was assessed to be relatively-recently dead when collected.
Date:
May 25, 1905
Creator:
Pettit, J.
Object Type:
Specimen
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Truncilla truncata, Specimen #1226
One preserved mussel specimen including both the left and right valves. The specimen exhibits a triangular shape; thick shell; white internal coloring; olive external coloring; no external sculpturing. Collected in the Trinity basin. The specimen measures between 0 - 60 mm in length and was assessed to be recently dead when collected.
Date:
May 26, 1905
Creator:
Pettit, J.
Object Type:
Specimen
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Burner for Crude Oil.
Patent for "a burner for crude oil, and particularly to a construction by means which a direct or indirect draft may be utilized in the burning of the oil." (lines 11-14) and illustrations.
Date:
June 10, 1902
Creator:
Lewis, Thomas E.; Ray, Albert J. & Wesson, Miley B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Checkrein Attachment
Patent for checkrein attachment. This invention is intended for use with harnessed horses. Illustration included.
Date:
April 12, 1904
Creator:
Clary, John A. & Butler, Hard
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cattle Guard
Patent for a cattle guard. Illustration included.
Date:
October 11, 1904
Creator:
Scott, William R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cooking Utensil.
Patent for an improved steam-cooker in which different kinds of food can be simultaneously cooked in separate containers. Individual cooking vessels are removable from the steam-cooker.
Date:
November 20, 1906
Creator:
Daniels, Laura E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus For Making Mattresses
Patent for mattress making machine, which cleans, compresses, and stuffs cotton or other materials into a mattress, including illustrations.
Date:
July 30, 1901
Creator:
Woolery, John T.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cooking Utensil.
Patent for a steam cooker with steam tight joints.
Date:
August 25, 1908
Creator:
Daniels, Laura E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Acetylene-Gas Machine
Patent for a acetylene gas machine that automatically controls the flow of carbid or gas producing material into the generator "by means of a float and lever connection with the valve of the carbid hopper" (lines 19-21).
Date:
May 7, 1907
Creator:
Ricketts, James R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Siphon
Patent for an automatic siphon. This invention is intended to for the purpose of draining cellars and basements. Illustration included.
Date:
September 25, 1906
Creator:
Ackley, George D.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatically-Adjustable Headlight for Locomotives
Patent for an automatically adjustable headlight for locomotives or streetcars which rotates when the vehicle is tilted going around a curve to allow the light to shine around the curve.
Date:
March 2, 1909
Creator:
Cooper, William M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bracing Garment
Patent for a bracing garment. This invention resembles a corset functioning as a body brace. Illustrations included.
Date:
December 25, 1906
Creator:
Crumbly, Lula
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bicycle-Support.
Patent for a bicycle support which holds "bicycles in upright position when not in use" (lines 8-9).
Date:
April 17, 1900
Creator:
Taylor, James P.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Couch
Patent for a couch. Illustration included.
Date:
April 4, 1905
Creator:
Hartshorn, Guy C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Electroplating Small Metallic Articles.
Patent for "apparatus for electroplating small metallic articles, and more particularly certain small clamps used in building fences" (lines 8-11), including illustrations.
Date:
August 25, 1903
Creator:
Shelton, John F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Antifreezing Valve and Closet-Cistern
Patent for "valves which will allow all the water to flow out of the popes to a position below freezing-point after each application of water, whether the water is used in a closet-cistern or drawn out of a hudrant or other application is made, and to arrange the valves so that the supply-valves will be automatically closed by water-pressure in connection with the operation of a siphon in a closet-cistern and the waste-valve will be closed by the pressure of water, siphonic action, or both, when the supply-valves are opened." (lines 18-28).
Date:
April 23, 1901
Creator:
Wilkes, George W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combination Couch
Patent for bed that transforms to a settee or a wardrobe. Illustration included.
Date:
August 1, 1905
Creator:
Brandt, August
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bit-Stock for Braces
Patent for a bit stock for braces which allows holes to be drilled in small spaces in railroad cars.
Date:
March 16, 1909
Creator:
Daniel, John F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Coin Controlled Feeding Apparatus for Coin Controlled Machines
Patent for a coin controlled feeding apparatus for coin controlled machines. The design is to prevent the use of iron slugs and spurious coins.
Date:
November 3, 1903
Creator:
Scheble, Eugene S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bale-Tie
Patent for a tie for bales of cotton, hay, etc. Illustrations included.
Date:
May 26, 1908
Creator:
Alverson, Lewis & Horsley, Robert L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Gun
Patent for an automatic gun which automatically sends the next cartridge to the gun barrel after firing.
Date:
May 18, 1909
Creator:
Lovelace, Charles D.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Canning Fruits or Vegetables.
Patent for an improvement to canning fruits and vegetables.
Date:
April 3, 1900
Creator:
Compton, Anna & Jackson, A. L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Coin Operated Vending Machine
Patent for a coin operated vending machine that is meant to be inexpensive and adapted to protect the items being vended, and to allow adjustment for coins of different denominations.
Date:
September 2, 1902
Creator:
Fender, John Brown
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Boll-Weevil or Other Insect Destroyer
Patent for
Date:
April 1, 1902
Creator:
John S. Doak & Alexander G. Farrington
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History