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Float Valve
Patent for a float value. This invention is designed to automatically close. Illustration included.
Date:
January 29, 1907
Creator:
Axtell, Fred W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Saw-Filing Machine.
Patent for a gin and linter saw filing machine that is fully automatic and can sharpen multiple saws in succession and then stop when finished without resetting the device or manually stopping it. It also can sharpen saws of varying sizes and thicknesses to different levels of sharpness.
Date:
March 5, 1907
Creator:
Beaver, John M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mold for Making Concrete Blocks and Artificial Stone
Patent for concrete molds that is lightweight, easily handled and transported. Illustrations included.
Date:
June 11, 1907
Creator:
Benton, William A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wrench
Patent for a wrench. Illustration included.
Date:
September 24, 1907
Creator:
Boaz, Emery Hatcher
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Coupling for Connecting Plows Tandem.
Patent for a coupling for holdings plows together that allows for the plows to be close together, easily turned, and lets each plow perform its full function uninhibited by the other plows.
Date:
April 23, 1907
Creator:
Brooks, John L. M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pump
Patent for a pump whereby for use with deep wells. Pump uses relate to oil, water, sand and other articles. Illustration included.
Date:
January 1, 1907
Creator:
Butler, Thomas
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sleeping-Car Seat and Berth.
Patent for a sleeping car berth, which has pneumatic elevators for raising and lowering the top bunk, and folds the bunks and sheets between the car seats during the day.
Date:
August 6, 1907
Creator:
Butz, John F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Charter of The City of Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas, As Passed by the 30th Legislature, 1907
Charter of the City of Fort Worth includes the formal act of incorporation including organization of the city, government, police and fire departments, streets and sewerage, water supply, taxes, public health and sanitation, courts, public schools, and other provisions and laws. Index starts after page 63, on page i.
Date:
1907
Creator:
City of Fort Worth
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from C. M. Click to William John Bryan, March 16, 1907]
Letter from C. M. Click to William John Bryan discussing he regrets having to leave early for business in Fort Worth and hoping to meet again soon before Bryan's return to Abilene. The header features Click's livestock and ranch business name framed by images of a cow and a horse.
Date:
March 16, 1907
Creator:
Click, C. M.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Spring-Bed
Patent for a spring-bed. Illustrations included.
Date:
April 16, 1907
Creator:
Cohron, John M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tie for Wire Fencing.
Patent for tie for woven fencing that holds the vertical and horizontal wires firmly together and uses less wire in the tie, thereby making the ties more cost effective.
Date:
February 19, 1907
Creator:
Collar, Charles T.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Water-Conveyer.
Patent for a water conveyer for irrigation, which has a series of buckets on a conveyer belt which pour over a waterwheel to power the motor of the machine. This model has streamlined the buckets water flow to minimize the power used from the motor.
Date:
December 24, 1907
Creator:
Dove, John Oliver & Wirsing, Charley
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hair-Spring Locator
Patent for a hair spring locator, a tool used to locate and measure the hair spring of a watch. Illustrations included.
Date:
November 26, 1907
Creator:
Friedman, Bernhard Zadoc
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gas-Producer
Patent for a gas producing apparatus that can be used for cars, factories, shops, or even cities. Illustrations included.
Date:
December 10, 1907
Creator:
Gamer, Charles
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Davenport.
Patent for a davenport, which can be used as wardrobe, settee, or bed that includes a wider bed, extensions for head and foot rests, and a larger wardrobe door than previous models.
Date:
July 9, 1907
Creator:
Hartshorn, Guy C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tobacco Pouch
Patent for a tobacco pouch. The invention is a case that contains tobacco and cigarette-papers. There is a trough in the case to hold the perfect amount of tobacco to make a proper cigarette. Illustration included.
Date:
March 26, 1907
Creator:
Head, Benson J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sash Balance and Lock
Patent for a sash balance and lock made to "simplify and improve the construction and operation of windows" (lines 13-14) by the use of a self-locking system.
Date:
August 20, 1907
Creator:
Hill, Ulysses H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Coiling Machine.
Patent for a a wire coiling machine, which can make wire coils out of different types of wires for use in making doormats.
Date:
November 5, 1907
Creator:
Horsley, Robert L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Coiling Machine.
Patent for a coil wiring machine, which is affordable to make and efficient in operation.
Date:
November 5, 1907
Creator:
Horsley, Robert L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railway Crossing
Patent for a railway crossing. Illustrations included.
Date:
November 5, 1907
Creator:
Hosmer, Arthur & Collett, James D.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
J.E. Head & Co.'s 1907 map of the city of Fort Worth, Texas : compiled from original plats, and surveys by actual measurement.
Map shows early twentieth century Fort Worth, Texas street names, railroads, neighborhood additions, land ownership, select buildings, block and lot numbers. Inset: "Original Surveys of Fort Worth." Scale [ca. 1:3,600].
Date:
1907
Creator:
J.E. Head & Co.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
J.E. Head & Co.'s 1907 map of the city of Fort Worth, Texas : compiled from original plats, and surveys by actual measurement.
Map shows early twentieth century Fort Worth, Texas street names, railroads, neighborhood additions, land ownership, select buildings, block and lot numbers. Inset: "Original survey of Fort Worth." Scale [1:3,600].
Date:
1907
Creator:
J.E. Head & Co.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Greater Fort Worth, Texas illustrated; embracing the manufacturing, jobbing and retail interests, public and commercial buildings, business and residence streets, residences, parks and all places of interest in and about the city
Book featuring photographs of prominent homes, businesses, schools, churches, and public buildings in Fort Worth.
Date:
1907
Creator:
Jennings, A. Owen
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Illusion-Boat.
Patent for a boat ride at amusement parks, which allows the participant to have the illusion of going on a boat ride in the arctic during a thunderstorm.
Date:
July 9, 1907
Creator:
Jossenberger, Victor E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History