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Adding-Machine. (open access)

Adding-Machine.

Patent for a new and improvement in adding-machines in which a mechanical wheel has teeth. " The object of the invention is to provide the means for adding columns of figures by machinery"(lines 13-15), with instruction and illustration
Date: February 12, 1884
Creator: Barmore, Albert King
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Deed For Lot No. 1 in Pleasanton] (open access)

[Deed For Lot No. 1 in Pleasanton]

Letter from F. M. Mansfield and J. N. Murphey to A. G. Martin containing the deed for Lot No. 1 in Pleasanton, Texas. The letter concerns the transferring of a deed for land in Pleasanton, Texas by the First Baptist Church. Also attached to the letter is a form signed by a notary public.
Date: February 26, 1896
Creator: Mansfield, F. M. & Murphey, J. N.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Field Notes of a Survey (open access)

Field Notes of a Survey

Survey report about land in Atascosa County, Texas, for A. M. Avant. The report describes the results of a survey of land situated on the waters of Metah Creek, a tributary of La Parita River, about 12 miles southeast of Pleasanton, Texas.
Date: February 28, 1896
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Machines for Bending Stirrups. (open access)

Improvement in Machines for Bending Stirrups.

Patent for an invention that "is to provide a simple and efficient machine for bending and shaping stirrups for saddles" (lines 10-12). The patent includes instructions and an illustration.
Date: February 1, 1870
Creator: Forest, Demsey
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pipe-Cutter (open access)

Pipe-Cutter

Patent for improvements to pipe-cutters that can cut pipes of different sizes.
Date: February 19, 1918
Creator: Hime, Clint T.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History