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[Letter from David Smith to Daughter, April 21, 1852]
Letter from David Smith to his daughter and someone else. He writes about the prices of cattle, horses, and the price of Beef. He also mentions wheat crops, corn, and coming home at end of May.
Date:
1852-04-21~
Creator:
Smith, David
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Improvement In Sulky-Plows.
This pantent was created for the construction and preperation of a sulky plow cultivator. The invention was created for new and mechanical improvements.
Date:
April 9, 1878
Creator:
Tucker, Argyle W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Stool.
Patent for an adjustable and foldable stool for but not limited to field workers, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
April 6, 1880
Creator:
Smith, William Alexander & Smith, Robert Toumbleson
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Throat Latch Fastener.
Patent for a new and improved throat-latch fastener. This design consists in a "connecting-plate for bridles, having the side and end bars, the intermediate transverse bars . . . and the central longitudinal bar, having a stud in one portion thereof" (lines 79-83).
Date:
April 17, 1888
Creator:
Hopson, Franklin Oliver
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wheel.
Patent for a new and improved wheel. This design consists in "inner spokes [that] are inclined outwardly, and the outer spokes [that] are inclined inwardly toward their remote ends, whereby compression of the rim of the wheel is transformed into lateral thrusts on the hub, and the lateral thrusts counterbalance each other" (lines 45-51).
Date:
April 9, 1889
Creator:
Stroud, Wiley N.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Loading Derrick.
Patent for a new and improved cotton-loading derrick. This design consists in "[t]he portable derrick, comprising the barrow-base having the longitudinal handle-bars, the extended longitudinal and transverse base-sills, and the bearings, the rotary shaft or mast having the slot and sheave, the upper shoulder and upward-projecting stud, the cross-head, the oblique braces connecting its rear arm to the mast, and the derrick-pulleys suspended from the free arm of said cross-head, the rope passing through said slot and over said sheave and to said pulleys and windlass" (lines 79-90).
Date:
April 22, 1890
Creator:
Field, Eldon M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Suspension-Bridge.
Patent for improvements in suspension-bridge by using a combination of upper main cables reached from one pillar to the opposite pillar and anchored in the rear side of the pillars. A pair of lower cables at each side of the bridge; each pair being crossed at the center of the A-shaped or angular girders, these girders are bent for use as receiving hooks to form vertical stays. A series of girders hold the upper and lower cables in position thus making the bridge strong, light and rigid span. Illustration is included.
Date:
April 28, 1891
Creator:
Tucker, Argyle W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press.
Patent for improvements in baling presses: "This invention relates to baling presses provided with runners, (instead of the usual wheels,) to be removed about the field; and my objects are, to construct such a press in such a manner that it can be readily started down with but few stakes, second; to provide a rigid but removable side brace to prevent the press from canting, and third; to prevent the operating lever from canting or swinging upward or downward when in operation; and to promote simplicity" (lines 17-27).
Date:
April 10, 1894
Creator:
Schubert, George
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Ferris Wheel, Volume 4, Number 29, Saturday, April 3, 1897
Weekly newspaper contains local, national and world news, stories, poetry, jokes, church directory, and advertisements.
Date:
April 3, 1897
Creator:
Ezzell, Frank
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Ferris Wheel, Volume 4, Number 30, Saturday, April 10, 1897
Weekly newspaper contains local, national and world news, stories, poetry, jokes, church directory, and advertisements. This issue includes an article on "Historic Tuckahoe", about the plantation in Virginia, with 3 drawings.--[p.3]
Date:
April 10, 1897
Creator:
Ezzell, Frank
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Quilting Attachment for Sewing-Machines.
Patent for "an attachment which can be applied to the table of a sewing-machine and removed therefrom at a moment's notice and which can be taken apart when required and reduced to a small package for the purpose of storing or placing aside when not required for immediate use." (Lines 10-16) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
April 13, 1897
Creator:
King, James E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Ferris Wheel, Volume 4, Number 31, Saturday, April 17, 1897
Weekly newspaper contains local, national and world news, stories, poetry, jokes, church directory, and advertisements. This issue contains the story "Scenes from the Flooded District" - a story on the massive spring flooding in the Mississippi Valley. Includes 5 drawings.--[p.3]
Date:
April 17, 1897
Creator:
Ezzell, Frank
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Ferris Wheel, Volume 4, Number 32, Saturday, April 24, 1897
Weekly newspaper contains local, national and world news, stories, poetry, jokes, church directory, and advertisements.
Date:
April 24, 1897
Creator:
Ezzell, Frank
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Ferris Wheel, Volume 5, Number 30, Saturday, April 2, 1898
Weekly newspaper contains local, national and world news, stories, poetry, jokes, church directory, and advertisements.
Date:
April 2, 1898
Creator:
Ezzell, Frank
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Life-Insurance Table or Chart.
Patent for a new and useful life-insurance table of chart.
Date:
April 5, 1898
Creator:
Neal, Nathan P.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Ferris Wheel, Volume 5, Number 32, Saturday, April 16, 1898
Weekly newspaper contains local, national and world news, stories, poetry, jokes, church directory, and advertisements.
Date:
April 16, 1898
Creator:
Ezzell, Frank
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Ferris Wheel, Volume 5, Number 34, Saturday, April 30, 1898
Weekly newspaper contains local, national and world news, stories, poetry, jokes, church directory, and advertisements. This issue includes the President's request to Congress to declare war on Spain,--[p.5] and a history of the use of the torpedo in war since the year 1535.--[p.8]
Date:
April 30, 1898
Creator:
Ezzell, Frank
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Ferris Wheel, Volume 6, Number 29[a], Saturday, April 1, 1899
Weekly newspaper contains local, national and world news, stories, poetry, jokes, church directory, and advertisements.
Date:
April 1, 1899
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Ferris Wheel, Volume 6, Number 29[b], Saturday, April 1, 1899
Weekly newspaper contains local, national and world news, stories, poetry, jokes, church directory, and advertisements. This issue includes a feature story "Society and The Dog" with an illustration--[p.2], and an article with illustrations about the home and art and artifact collections of Major-General Miles.--[p.3]
Date:
April 1, 1899
Creator:
Ezzell, Frank
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Ferris Wheel, Volume 6, Number 30[a], Saturday, April 8, 1899
Weekly newspaper contains local, national and world news, stories, poetry, jokes, church directory, and advertisements.
Date:
April 1, 1899
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Ferris Wheel, Volume 6, Number 30[b], Saturday, April 8, 1899
Weekly newspaper contains local, national and world news, stories, poetry, jokes, church directory, and advertisements. This issue contains an article about baseball news.--[p.2]
Date:
April 1, 1899
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Ferris Wheel, Volume 6, Number 32, Saturday, April 22, 1899
Weekly newspaper contains local, national and world news, stories, poetry, jokes, church directory, and advertisements. This issue includes an small supplement page.--[p.9]
Date:
April 22, 1899
Creator:
Ezzell, Frank
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Ferris Wheel, Volume 6, Number 33, Saturday, April 29, 1899
Weekly newspaper contains local, national and world news, stories, poetry, jokes, church directory, and advertisements.
Date:
April 29, 1899
Creator:
Ezzell, Frank
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Check Book.
Patent for an improvement to check books and covers.
Date:
April 10, 1900
Creator:
Exline, Marcus P.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History