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549
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514
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419
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379
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329
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200
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Collection
Texas Digital Newspaper Program
9,496
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2,684
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2,264
Texas Patents
517
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417
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394
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377
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366
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States
Year
Month
Boll-Weevil Exterminator
Patent for a boll weevil exterminator, which rids cotton plants and bolls of insects and exterminates them. Illustrations included.
Date:
January 14, 1908
Creator:
Watkins, George W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Air-Brake, Lighting, and Signaling System for Railway-Trains
Patent for an electrical system which provides air brake, lighting, and signaling mechanisms for trains. Illustrations included.
Date:
February 18, 1908
Creator:
Mayo, William C. & Houlehan, John
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Animal-Trap and Chicken-Coop.
Patent for a combined animal trap and chicken coop, which has a compartment attached to the coop that is a trap for rats and other animals.
Date:
November 17, 1908
Creator:
Moore, Henry Alexander
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Auto-Door Stop
Patent for a door stop that is cheap to produce and holds doors firmly.
Date:
November 3, 1908
Creator:
Hill, Ulysses H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Truck
Patent for car truck. "This invention relates to car trucks, and one of the principal objects of the same is to provide an arrangement of equalizers which will reduce the lateral swinging motion of the car when passing around curves" (line 8-12). Illustration included.
Date:
June 2, 1908
Creator:
Haver, Edward H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Coupling
Patent for a coupler for railway cars. Illustrations included.
Date:
April 28, 1908
Creator:
Brandt, Olof Nelson
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bearing for Driving and Other Shafts.
Patent for a bearing or other driving shafts which can be easily removed without harming the rest of the machine. Illustration is included.
Date:
March 31, 1908
Creator:
Wiggs, James A., Jr.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Fire-Kindler
Patent for an automatic fire kindler which can be put on a timer and start a fire in a stove with a bundle of matches inserted into the device ahead of time.
Date:
November 17, 1908
Creator:
Bates, Samuel F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Block-Signaling Device.
Patent for a block signaling device for railroads, which sends an audible signal as well as a telephone message to the incoming train.
Date:
October 6, 1908
Creator:
Fechner, William & Fechner, Albert Henry
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Auxiliary Water-Heater and Smoke-Consumer
Patent for a water heater which connects to the furnace and uses the smoke and gases passing through it to heat the water in the water heater.
Date:
January 21, 1908
Creator:
Miles,Joseph Furnas
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Can Cover
Patent for a can cover. Illustration included.
Date:
December 1, 1908
Creator:
Pratt, James R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Extracting Oil
Patent for a device for extracting cotton seed oil which ensures even cooking of the seeds by constant stirring.
Date:
January 14, 1908
Creator:
Lauerman, Vandy Joseph
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baling Press Attachment
Patent for baling press attachment. Illustration included.
Date:
March 17, 1908
Creator:
Jackson, James H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Buggy-Top Retainer
Patent for a buggy top retainer designed to keep the top of a buggy stable as it is driving over rough terrain. Illustrations included.
Date:
June 23, 1908
Creator:
Allison, Robert L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Handling Seed-Cotton
Patent for a seed-cotton handling machine for use in cotton gins which as an improved elevator and feeding system.
Date:
August 25, 1908
Creator:
Fuller, James T.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Coupling
Patent for a coupler designed to connect the pipes of train cars. Illustrations included.
Date:
June 23, 1908
Creator:
Mc.Millan, Thomas B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Conveyer
Patent for a conveyer system in use with threshing machines. Illustration included.
Date:
February 11, 1908
Creator:
Richmond, George E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Axle-Lubricator
Patent for an axle lubricator. Illustrations included.
Date:
September 8, 1908
Creator:
Meyer, Edward & Schiffers, Emil C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Canopy.
Patent for a canopy for beds and sofas to keep out insects.
Date:
February 25, 1908
Creator:
Swanwick, Harry C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Disk Harrow and Land-Roller
Patent for a vehicle that may be used as either a harrow or a roller. Illustrations included.
Date:
May 19, 1908
Creator:
Jackson, Lewis Livingston
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Chafing-Iron
Patent for a chafing iron for passenger cars designed to prevent injury to passengers who place their hands in between the irons. Illustrations included.
Date:
December 29, 1908
Creator:
Labadie, Victor
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Multiple Fuse Block
Patent for an automatic multiple fuse block. This invention is "provided a normally inactive shunt circuit through which, when a fuse is blown, the current is diverted to an electro-mechanical means which, when the rush of current causing the fuse to blow" (16-21). Illustration included.
Date:
February 18, 1908
Creator:
Mayo, William C.; Houlehan, John & Briggs, George E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Churn.
Patent for a churn, which has reciprocatory gear movement inside that allows the milk or cream to be churned faster with less effort.
Date:
March 10, 1908
Creator:
Mabry, Henry Woodford
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Boiler-Feed
Patent for a steam boiler which automatically fills the boiler with water to the proper levels and keeps the levels steady.
Date:
August 11, 1908
Creator:
Twombly, Harry Denny
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History