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Combined Post-Hole Digger and Wire-Stretcher.
Patent for a combined post hole digger and wire stretcher, which allows barbed wire to be strung on a fence more easily and for fence building to be done by one person.
Date:
August 18, 1908
Creator:
Armstrong, John Joshua, Sr.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Weighing Machine
Patent for an automatic weighing machine. Illustration included.
Date:
August 4, 1908
Creator:
Carter, Edward D.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cooking Utensil.
Patent for a steam cooker with steam tight joints.
Date:
August 25, 1908
Creator:
Daniels, Laura E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Truck.
Patent for a car truck for use on trains, which can withstand heavy loads and high speeds.
Date:
August 25, 1908
Creator:
Mayo, William C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Handling Seed-Cotton
Patent for a seed-cotton handling machine for use in cotton gins which as an improved elevator and feeding system.
Date:
August 25, 1908
Creator:
Fuller, James T.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
Casing Spear
Patent for casing spears. This invention is designed for pulling well tubes or casings that have broken off out of the well. Illustration included.
Date:
August 25, 1908
Creator:
Carroll, Monroe W. & Johnston, H. G.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Soil survey of Bastrop County, Texas
Text describing climate, agriculture, and soils of Bastrop County, Texas.
Date:
August 12, 1908
Creator:
Winston, R. A. (Robert Alonzo); Meeker, F. N.; Eckman, O. L.; Lyman, W. S.; Schroeder, Frank C.; Rice, Thomas D. (Thomas Donnelly) et al.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Soil Survey of Brownsville Area, Texas
Text describes climate, agriculture, and soils of the Brownsville Area, Texas.
Date:
August 22, 1908
Creator:
Mangum, A. W. & Lee, Ora
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Soil map, Texas, Bastrop County sheet
Map displays soil types along with topography, creeks, rivers, springs, swamps, farms, towns, stores, parks, roads, and railroads. Legend includes soil profiles.
Date:
August 12, 1908
Creator:
United States. Bureau of Soils.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Soil map, Texas, Cooper sheet
Map displays soil types, creeks, towns, roads, and railroads. Includes legend and soil profiles.
Date:
August 12, 1908
Creator:
United States. Bureau of Soils.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Soil map, Texas, Brownsville sheet
Map displays soil types along with canals, lakes, rivers, swamps, towns, roads, and railroads. Includes legend and soil profiles.
Date:
August 22, 1908
Creator:
United States. Bureau of Soils.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Soil Survey of the Cooper Area, Texas
Text describes climate, agriculture, and soils of the Cooper Area, Texas.
Date:
August 12, 1908
Creator:
Rice, Thomas D. (Thomas Donnelly) & Smith, H. C.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
Machine for Making Bats for Mattresses, Pillows, Comforts, &c.
Patent for a machine for making bats for mattresses and related items.
Date:
August 25, 1908
Creator:
Underwood, Thomas J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lister-Sweep.
Patent for a lister sweep for cultivators with improved teeth.
Date:
August 18, 1908
Creator:
Burns, John P.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Liquid-Dispensing Apparatus.
Patent for a coin operated drink machine, which dispenses a set amount of liquid into a cup when a coin is inserted.
Date:
August 25, 1908
Creator:
Mayo, William C. & Houlehan, John
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Valve Setting Machine
Patent for a valve setting machine. This invention is a machine for "revolving the main driving wheel of a locomotive to set the valves (11-12). Illustration included.
Date:
August 4, 1908
Creator:
Wyllie, Robert E. & Twohig, John D.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Transmission-Gearing.
Patent for a transmission gearing for a traction system for trains, which can be used on all types of curves without ill effects.
Date:
August 25, 1908
Creator:
Mayo, William C. & Houlehan, John
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
Hydrocarbon-Burner.
Patent for a hydrocarbon burner for stoves, which stores and feeds the hydrocarbon to the stove.
Date:
August 4, 1908
Creator:
Callihan. Willie H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Package-Tie.
Patent for a package tie for packages of mail, which holds securely and is easily undone by pulling from both ends.
Date:
August 18, 1908
Creator:
Sharpe, Edmund L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Motor-Vehicle.
Patent for a motor vehicle of an ordinary farm type wagon.
Date:
August 18, 1908
Creator:
McCurry, James C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Track-Level.
Patent for a track level, which is used to measure the lay of the land that a road is being built through.
Date:
August 25, 1908
Creator:
Young, Benjamin F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History