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221
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48
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25
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12
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12
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Windmill.
Patent for an improved windmill, a wind-driven wheel which will operate with the wind blowing in any direction and without the necessity of a typical vane and which produces a maximum velocity with a minimum amount of wind.
Date:
April 17, 1906
Creator:
Bartlett, Robert S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
El Paso Daily Times (El Paso, Tex.), Vol. 26, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 17, 1906
Daily newspaper from El Paso, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
May 17, 1906
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
El Paso Daily Times (El Paso, Tex.), Vol. 26, Ed. 1 Tuesday, July 17, 1906
Daily newspaper from El Paso, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
July 17, 1906
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
El Paso Daily Times (El Paso, Tex.), Vol. 26, Ed. 1 Saturday, November 17, 1906
Daily newspaper from El Paso, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
November 17, 1906
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
El Paso Daily Times (El Paso, Tex.), Vol. 26, Ed. 1 Monday, September 17, 1906
Daily newspaper from El Paso, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
September 17, 1906
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Insect-Exterminator
Patent for an insect exterminator to be transported to and used within crop fields which separates insects from plants by means of brushes and kills the insects by depositing them into a pan containing liquid insecticide. Exterminator also includes a sprayer to deliver insecticide onto crops. Exterminator is designed to be pulled by draft animals.
Date:
April 17, 1906
Creator:
Thompson, Everett Edward
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lawn-Rocker.
Patent for a lawn rocker improvement that provides swing and is durable and inexpensive.
Date:
July 17, 1906
Creator:
Coffy, Ida May
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mail Box Signal
Patent for a mail box signal. Illustration included.
Date:
July 17, 1906
Creator:
Forwood, Reginald
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Trolley
Patent for "a peculiar construction" (lines 11-12) that will reduce the liability of a trolley running off of the trolley-wire. This construction "involves a trolley-wheel carried on an axis fixed on the trolley pole or harp and an auxiliary wheel yieldingly mounted on the pole and pressed against the under side of the wire, so that should the pole drop slightly the auxiliary wheel will move relatively to the pole and reduce this contact with the wire." (lines 12-19)
Date:
July 17, 1906
Creator:
Ward, Gurney Enoch
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Ponca City Daily Courier. (Ponca City, Okla.), Vol. 9, No. 108, Ed. 1 Friday, February 17, 1906
Daily newspaper from Ponca City, Oklahoma Territory that includes local, territorial, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
February 17, 1906
Creator:
Headley, L. C.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Ponca City Daily Courier. (Ponca City, Okla.), Vol. 9, No. 81, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 17, 1906
Daily newspaper from Ponca City, Oklahoma Territory that includes local, territorial, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
January 17, 1906
Creator:
Headley, L. C.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Piston-Rod Connection
Patent for a connector between a cross-head and a piston-rod that reduces strain by using a double taper and binder elements in line with the thrust of the piston-rod to prevent fractures and breaks as a result of the end thrust.
Date:
April 17, 1906
Creator:
McElvaney, Charles T.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pump.
Patent for pump that allows for ease of maneuvering, via balanced operating mechanism; as well as ease of access and repacking, via a simpler valve.
Date:
July 17, 1906
Creator:
Terry, Hiram
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Match-Box.
Patent for match boxes that automatically opens when unlatched and has a projecting member arm that slides the lid with a match for removal conveniency.
Date:
April 17, 1906
Creator:
Whiteker, Bosque M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Seeder
Patent for an attachment or stand-alone seeding device which is "inexpensive...durable, and easy and effective in operation." (lines 16 & 17) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
January 17, 1906
Creator:
Mouser, Robert H., Jr
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History