Carpenter's Implement. (open access)

Carpenter's Implement.

Patent for a carpenter's implement designed to be easily carried within one's pocket, with illustrations.
Date: August 5, 1919
Creator: Smith, Evander A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Houston Post. (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 123, Ed. 1 Tuesday, August 5, 1919 (open access)

The Houston Post. (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 123, Ed. 1 Tuesday, August 5, 1919

Daily newspaper from Houston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: August 5, 1919
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Treating Hydrocarbons. (open access)

Apparatus for Treating Hydrocarbons.

Patent for an improved apparatus for treating hydrocarbons. This apparatus is for treating comparatively heavy petroleum and other hydrocarbon oils and their distillates and derivatives, in order to produce from such heavy oils a large yield of gasoline or other light, easily volatile liquids. This apparatus will be a safe and efficient way to produce large yield of gasoline and light hydrocarbon liquids from heavy oils and will be free from trouble arising from the accumulation of carbon.
Date: August 5, 1919
Creator: Andrews, Benjamin & Averill, Willard C., Jr.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pipe-Pulling Device. (open access)

Pipe-Pulling Device.

Patent for a pipe pulling device designed for wells. The device will automatically grip and hold pipe at any point of elevation.
Date: August 5, 1919
Creator: Thrift, Homer C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History