Bling Tenon (open access)

Bling Tenon

Patent for a metallic blind tenon. The end of a blind slat to pivot the slat in the frame of the blind. Illustration included.
Date: February 11, 1908
Creator: Miller, Charles, of Del Rio, Texas
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Advertising Street Car Sign (open access)

Advertising Street Car Sign

Patent for an advertisement sign located on the top of street cars. Illustration included.
Date: February 11, 1908
Creator: King, Alphonse
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Belt (open access)

Belt

Patent for an apparel belt. Illustration included.
Date: February 11, 1908
Creator: Reynolds, Henry J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Railway-Switch (open access)

Automatic Railway-Switch

Patent for an improved automatic railway switch based on an earlier model made by the same person. Illustrations included.
Date: February 11, 1908
Creator: McGee, Richard M. & Jones, William M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Conveyer (open access)

Conveyer

Patent for a conveyer system in use with threshing machines. Illustration included.
Date: February 11, 1908
Creator: Richmond, George E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Boiler-Feed (open access)

Automatic Boiler-Feed

Patent for a steam boiler which automatically fills the boiler with water to the proper levels and keeps the levels steady.
Date: August 11, 1908
Creator: Twombly, Harry Denny
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Brownsville Affray. Views (open access)

The Brownsville Affray. Views

Report of the Senate Committee on Military Affairs detailing the information and testimony gathered by the committee in its investigations of the Brownsville Affray. It includes the views of Joseph B. Foraker and Morgan G. Bulkeley on the testimony in support of the conclusions reached by the committee.
Date: March 11, 1908
Creator: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Military Affairs.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Brownsville Affray. Views of a Minority (open access)

The Brownsville Affray. Views of a Minority

Report of the Senate Committee on Military Affairs detailing the information gathered by the committee in its investigations of the Brownsville Affray. It includes the minority opinions of members of the committee on the evidence gathered supporting the enactment of legislation to restore the rights of the soldiers of the Twenty-Fifth U.S. Infantry Regiment.
Date: March 11, 1908
Creator: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Military Affairs.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Brownsville Affray. Report of the Inspector-General of the Army; Order of the President Discharging Enlisted Men of Companies B, C, and D, Twenty-fifth Infantry; Messages of the President to the Senate; and Majority and Minority Reports of the Senate Committee on Military Affairs (open access)

The Brownsville Affray. Report of the Inspector-General of the Army; Order of the President Discharging Enlisted Men of Companies B, C, and D, Twenty-fifth Infantry; Messages of the President to the Senate; and Majority and Minority Reports of the Senate Committee on Military Affairs

Report of the Senate Committee on Military Affairs detailing the information gathered by the committee in its investigations of the Brownsville Affray. It includes the report submitted by the Inspector-General of the Army, messages and orders from the president, a list of men discharged from the Twenty-fifth Infantry, and the majority and minority reports of the committee. It also includes proposed legislation by the committee to authorize the reenlistment of soldiers who were discharged by orders from the president.
Date: March 11, 1908
Creator: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Military Affairs
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Brownsville Affray. Report (open access)

The Brownsville Affray. Report

Report of the Senate Committee on Military Affairs detailing the information gathered by the committee in its investigations of the Brownsville Affray. It includes the majority opinions of members of the committee on the evidence gathered and presents the enactment of a bill for the relief of members of the Twenty-fifth Regiment of United States Infantry.
Date: March 11, 1908
Creator: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Military Affairs.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Wire-Working Tool. (open access)

Wire-Working Tool.

Patent for wire working tool for attaching couplings to hoses.
Date: August 11, 1908
Creator: Glenn, Dan
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Trap (open access)

Trap

Patent for a trap. Illustration included.
Date: February 11, 1908
Creator: McEachern, John Walter
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Train-Pipe Coupling. (open access)

Train-Pipe Coupling.

Patent for a coupling for trains air brake hoses/pipes, which automatically connects when train cars are put together.
Date: August 11, 1908
Creator: Felkner, William G.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Portable Furnace. (open access)

Portable Furnace.

Patent for a portable coal burning furnace for use in cooking in pots that can be adjusted for different size pots.
Date: August 11, 1908
Creator: Ruhmann, Gustav E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hopple. (open access)

Hopple.

Patent for a hopple, which keeps the beams of a cultivator in place.
Date: August 11, 1908
Creator: Gilbert, Edward Leslie
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Firing Mechanism for Guns. (open access)

Firing Mechanism for Guns.

Patent for a firing mechanism for double barrel shotguns, which allows the barrels to be shot in any order by pulling the trigger twice in succession.
Date: August 11, 1908
Creator: Blocker, John Rufus
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Saddletree-Bar and Steel Fork. (open access)

Saddletree-Bar and Steel Fork.

Patent for a saddle-tree and steel fork, which allow the rider to have a firmer grip and allows air flow under saddle seat.
Date: August 11, 1908
Creator: Wroe, James P.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rail Joint, Chair, and Tie. (open access)

Rail Joint, Chair, and Tie.

Patent for simple, reliable and efficient means to prevent the rails from spreading or sinking at the joins. Also to provide a metal tie designed to pass through the rail chairs at the rail joints.
Date: August 11, 1908
Creator: Frampton, Joseph
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oil and Water Well Strainer (open access)

Oil and Water Well Strainer

Patent for a well strainer for oil or water wells which strains out sand or other substances before the oil or water reaches the top of the well.
Date: August 11, 1908
Creator: Decker, Harry R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rowing Appliance. (open access)

Rowing Appliance.

Patent for a rowing appliance, which allows the oarsman of a boat to face toward the bow and see where the boat is traveling.
Date: August 11, 1908
Creator: James, William Francis
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow (open access)

Plow

Patent for a plow. This plow is equipped with a cutter or knife that follows the furrow to guide the plow blade. Illustration included.
Date: February 11, 1908
Creator: McCasland, Charles K.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator. (open access)

Cultivator.

Patent for a cultivator, which reduces the risk of breaking the cultivator when obstructions are met in the soil.
Date: August 11, 1908
Creator: Lancaster, John D.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History