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Serial/Series Title
Country
States
Year
Month
Insulator
Patent for an insulator to be used to attach electric conductors and wires to walls or posts. Illustrations included.
Date:
December 29, 1908
Creator:
Marshall, George B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lock
Patent for a lock. This lock is designed for a coin fed lock that releases the key for the customer. Illustration included.
Date:
June 2, 1908
Creator:
Johnson, Randall
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Valve
Patent for a "blow-off valve" (line 16). Illustrations included
Date:
December 29, 1908
Creator:
Koch, Rudolph
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lock
Patent for a lock. Illustrations included.
Date:
December 15, 1908
Creator:
Greene, George W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lock
Patent for a lock. Illustrations included.
Date:
April 21, 1908
Creator:
Winslow, Walter W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tubular and Drive Well Attachment
Patent for an attachment for tubular well strainers. Illustrations included.
Date:
May 12, 1908
Creator:
Stancliff, George W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Chromascope, Volume 9, 1908
1908 yearbook for Austin College, published by the Senior Class of Austin College.
Date:
1908
Creator:
Austin College
Object Type:
Yearbook
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hasp-Fastener
Patent for a hasp fastener designed to hold a hasp in a locked position by use of gravity. Illustrations included.
Date:
June 16, 1908
Creator:
Robinson, Albert W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Trap
Patent for a trap. Illustration included.
Date:
February 11, 1908
Creator:
McEachern, John Walter
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wheel Plow
Patent for wheel plow. This invention is a combination of a 'buster' and a covering plow. Illustration included.
Date:
March 10, 1908
Creator:
McMullan, Jasper
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Warp-Beam for Looms.
Patent for a warp beam for a loom, which allows the thread to be attached directly from the spool to the warp beam without the need for a reel in between.
Date:
October 6, 1908
Creator:
Harbour, Rebecca
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Washboiler
Patent for a wash boiler used to wash clothes with steam and water. Illustrations included.
Date:
April 28, 1908
Creator:
Morton, Milo A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Train-Order Signal.
Patent for a train order signal device, which sets off an alarm or signal when the train order pad is removed, which cannot be turned off until the pad is replaced.
Date:
November 24, 1908
Creator:
Van Zandt, Luther H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Trap for Crustacea
Patent for a trap used to catch various crustaceans such as crabs and lobsters. Illustrations included.
Date:
March 3, 1908
Creator:
Franklin, Robert M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Trap
Patent for a trap. This design is for a live trap. Illustration included.
Date:
September 1, 1908
Creator:
Pierce, William Z.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Transplanting-Basket
Patent for a basket for transplanting various types of plants. Illustrations included.
Date:
February 18, 1908
Creator:
Edwards, Charles L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Well-Digging Machine.
Patent for an improved oil well digging machine.
Date:
December 1, 1908
Creator:
Clack, Judge H.
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
Washboiler.
Patent for a water boiler that allows the water to circulate and produces steam faster when heating water.
Date:
July 7, 1908
Creator:
Wilson, William W.
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
Vestibule Stock-Car
Patent for a vestibule stock car designed to securely hold the doors of a vestibuled train in a manner that ensures safety. Illustrations included.
Date:
May 26, 1908
Creator:
Buckner, William A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tram Car
Patent for a tram car. Illustration included.
Date:
March 24, 1908
Creator:
Schimff, Jacob John
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Trap-Gun.
Patent for a trap gun, which is placed in a trap and fires when bait is disturbed which will only go off when the bait is tampered with and can turn to follow an animals movements in the trap.
Date:
March 24, 1908
Creator:
Lovelace, Charles D.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stalk-Cutter.
Patent for a stalk cutter, which has a better width than previous stalk cutters.
Date:
December 8, 1908
Creator:
Stillwell, Frank R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History