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Antifriction Decive for Sucker-rods and Couplings
Patent for an improved method of connecting sucker-rods, couplings, or ropes so as to minimize wear and extend the life of the materials, with illustrations.
Date:
November 4, 1902
Creator:
Black, William L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Antifriction Device for Sucker-Rods.
Patent for a rod sleeve to protect the rod joints from damage or bending. The design also includes rollers to keep the rods centered in the casing to eliminate rubbing.
Date:
August 4, 1903
Creator:
Black, William L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Antifriction-Device-For-Sucker-Rods.
Patent for an antifriction device designed to protect the rod (sucker rod), rope, or coupler from wear. A sucker rod joins the components of a piston pump in an oil well.
Date:
November 4, 1902
Creator:
Black, William Leslie
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Compound for Destroying Boll-Weevil.
Patent for a compound for destroying Boll Weevils, consisting of Sulfur, Pine Tar, Asafetida, Pulverized Bluestone, Beaumont Oil, Extract of Tobacco, and a thick adhesive oil.
Date:
March 21, 1911
Creator:
Armentrout, Richard B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Antifriction device for sucker rods.
Patent for "an improved antifriction device for use in connection with inclosed traveling rods and the like to reduce the wear occasioned by the rubbing of the rod in its casing, and at the same time to so far reduce the area of said antifriction device which projects from the rod as to interpose the least possible obstruction to the free passage of material in the casing."
Date:
November 4, 1902
Creator:
Black, William Leslie
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Map of the Country About Fort McKavett, Texas
Map of the land surrounding Fort McKavett, showing nearby forts, roads, railroads, rivers, creeks, and areas of elevation. Relief shown in hachures. Scale [ca. 1:253,440] (4 miles to the inch).
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Menard County
Blue line print of survey map of Menard County, Texas, showing rivers, creeks, original land grants or surveys, blocks or land, cities, and towns. Scale [ca. 1:177,778] (4000 varas to 3/4 of an inch).
Date:
1894
Creator:
Warren, W. H.; Blane, F. G. & Ehlinger, L.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Map of Fort McKavett Reserve
Cadastral map of the 812 acre Fort McKavett Reserve, showing property lines, ownership, and plat numbers. The map also includes roads, rivers, and Fort McKavett. Scale [ca. 1:17,000] (500 varas to the inch).
Date:
1870
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
San Angelo
Topographic quadrangle map of San Angelo, Texas, and the surrounding area, showing populated areas, boundaries, water bodies, railroads, roads, and landmarks, with relief shown by contours (interval 100 feet) and spot heights. A location diagram is included in the lower-right corner. Scale 1:250,000
Date:
1955
Creator:
United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[News Clip: Menard Fire]
B-roll video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date:
December 21, 1978, 6:00 p.m.
Creator:
KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Video
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Menard]
Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date:
December 1978
Creator:
KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Video
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Menard]
B-roll video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date:
December 15, 1978, 5:00 p.m.
Creator:
KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Video
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Antifriction Clasp.
Patent for a new and improved anti-friction clasp. This design "is to provide means whereby the wear due to the rubbing of inclosed rods or ropes against an inclosing casing may be reduced to a minimum and whereby the central alignment of the rods or ropes with respect to the inclosing casing may be accurately preserved" (lines 11-17). It consists in "a series of friction balls or rollers mounted therein and projecting from the periphery thereof and being divided into sections adapted to be clamped at any point around the rod or rope" (lines 97-101).
Date:
October 25, 1892
Creator:
Black, William L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Compensating Pump-Spring.
Patent for an improvement on the inventor's previous patent (No. 450,657). The improvements include getting rid of the sleeve, and "employ[ing] volute springs instead of the straight flat springs formerly used; [the inventor] also dispense[s] with the links and connect the inner ends of the springs to long pitmen which have a pivotal connection with the suction rod at a point above the springs; [the inventor] furthermore provide[s] a means for adjusting the tension of the springs without altering the connection of the same with the suction rod" (lines 23-31).
Date:
April 11, 1893
Creator:
Black, William L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Compensating Pump-Spring.
Patent for improvements in compensating pump-springs by “storing up in the downward or idle stroke of the suction-rod, a power which is expended during the upward stroke to assist the crank in lifting the rod; and at the same time reducing the power required to drive the pump, equalizing the resistance, increasing the efficiency and generally prolonging the life of the entire mechanism.” (Lines 36-40) Illustration is included.
Date:
April 21, 1891
Creator:
Black, William L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Anti-Friction Sucker-Rod Coupling.
Patent for an anti-frictioin sucker-rod coupling. This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in sectional sucker-rods for artesian, oil, and other wells, and has for its object to provide an improved construction of coupling-joint for connecting the sections of the rods together.
Date:
January 26, 1892
Creator:
Black, William L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling.
Patent for a simple, efficient, and reliable car-coupling that is meant to be especially safe. When the cars become uncoupled, the coupling is automatically reset to couple another car, and it can be easily applied to a drawhead to a car in use.
Date:
February 5, 1895
Creator:
Schneider, Adolph
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Map of Menard County, Texas.
Map shows land tracts with patents, landowners and tract numbers; towns, military forts, roads, and the San Saba River; circle near center of map measures just over twelve cm. in diameter and encompasses Menardville and Old San Saba Fort. Scale [1:133,334].
Date:
1879
Creator:
Texas. General Land Office.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-7521
Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Grover Sellers, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Authority of the Commissioners' Court to accept additional money to pay the salary of a county home demonstration agent for Menard County.
Date:
December 9, 1946
Creator:
Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-3035
Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Gerald Mann, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Construction of Articles 1970-302 and 1961 Vernon's Revised Civil Statutes, with respect to the terms of the County Court of Menard County.
Date:
February 21, 1941
Creator:
Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[News Clip: Menard]
Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date:
December 13, 1978, 10:00 p.m.
Creator:
KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Video
System:
The UNT Digital Library
2000 Census County Block Map: Schleicher County, Block 4
Parent map for Schleicher County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:27,500.
Date:
2000
Creator:
United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
2000 Census County Block Map: Menard County, Block 2
Parent map for Menard County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:27,500.
Date:
2000
Creator:
United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
2000 Census County Block Map: Kimble County, Block 4
Parent map for Kimble County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:27,500.
Date:
2000
Creator:
United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History