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4
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2
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2
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Valve-Grinder.
Patent for a valve grinder that fit together perfectly to prevent leakage and a consequent loss of power.
Date:
May 16, 1916
Creator:
Atkin, Frank R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railway-Switch Stand.
Patent for a railway switch stand that locks "a switch of this class and from which the lock cannot be removed except when the switch is fully locked, thus obviating accidents by always insuring a locked condition of the switch after operation and thereby preventing the switch from being subsequently actuated by unauthorized persons" (lines 11-20), including illustrations.
Date:
May 16, 1916
Creator:
Berger, James H. & Rosson, George T.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
El Paso Morning Times (El Paso, Tex.), Vol. 36TH YEAR, Ed. 1, Tuesday, May 16, 1916
Daily newspaper from El Paso, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
May 16, 1916
Creator:
Black, James S.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Building Block
Patent for improvements in building blocks, so they would be stronger, but lighter in weight, and cheaper to transport.
Date:
May 16, 1916
Creator:
Boehm, Edward.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Bryan Daily Eagle and Pilot (Bryan, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 117, Ed. 1 Tuesday, May 16, 1916
Daily newspaper from Bryan, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
May 16, 1916
Creator:
Buchanan, A. J.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Daily Transcript (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 3, No. 243, Ed. 1 Tuesday, May 16, 1916
Daily newspaper from Norman, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
May 16, 1916
Creator:
Burke, J. J.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
University Oklahoman (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 10, No. 62, Ed. 1 Tuesday, May 16, 1916
Semiweekly student newspaper of the University of Oklahoma in Norman, Oklahoma that includes news and information of interest to the university community along with advertising.
Date:
May 16, 1916
Creator:
Campbell, Willard H.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The San Antonio Light (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 118, Ed. 1 Tuesday, May 16, 1916
Daily newspaper from San Antonio, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
May 16, 1916
Creator:
Diehl, Charles S. & Beach, Harrison L.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Daily Ardmoreite. (Ardmore, Okla.), Vol. 23, No. 190, Ed. 1 Tuesday, May 16, 1916
Daily newspaper from Ardmore, Oklahoma. Coverage includes local, state, and national news, along with advertising.
Date:
May 16, 1916
Creator:
Easley, John F.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Denton Record-Chronicle. (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 236, Ed. 1 Tuesday, May 16, 1916
Daily newspaper from Denton, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
May 16, 1916
Creator:
Edwards, W. C.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Train-Stop
Patent for Automatic Train-Stops "particularly to a system operable in connection with well-known airbrake systems to apply the airbrakes, and shut off the power when an accident of a predetermined character occurs." (lines 10-14) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 16, 1916
Creator:
Estes, Betram P.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Bonham News (Bonham, Tex.), Vol. 51, No. 7, Ed. 1 Tuesday, May 16, 1916
Semi-weekly newspaper from Bonham, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
May 16, 1916
Creator:
Evans, Ashley
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Chickasha Daily Express (Chickasha, Okla.), Vol. SEVENTEEN, No. 117, Ed. 1 Tuesday, May 16, 1916
Daily newspaper from Chickasha, Oklahoma that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
May 16, 1916
Creator:
Evans, George H.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Hydrocarbon-Burner.
Patent for an improved hyrdrocarbon burner that includes "an overhanging generating element of suitable construction in combination with a particular base having a burner jet surrounded by air admitting jets [...] to be installed in the various forms of stoves and grates" (lines 11-26), including illustrations.
Date:
May 16, 1916
Creator:
Franklin, Oliver H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Money-Changing Apparatus.
Patent for an apparatus for money changing and recording. The apparatus selects and ejects coins and is controlled by keys that can be pressed.
Date:
May 16, 1916
Creator:
Furttinger, Fred P.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Crutch.
Patent for crutches with adjustable pneumatic cushioned arm rests, adjustable length, absorbent hand grip, and a detachable vertical leg rest.
Date:
May 16, 1916
Creator:
Gregson, William
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Palestine Daily Herald (Palestine, Tex), Vol. 15, No. 3, Ed. 1 Tuesday, May 16, 1916
Daily newspaper from Palestine, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
May 16, 1916
Creator:
Hamilton, W. M. & Hamilton, H. V.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Freie Presse für Texas. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 52, No. 538, Ed. 1 Tuesday, May 16, 1916
Daily German-language newspaper from San Antonio, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
May 16, 1916
Creator:
Hanschke, Robert
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Load-Indicating attachment for drilling-rigs
Patent for the invention is to provide a character to be attached on a mounted on the derrick of a drilling rig and which will accurately indicate the cooperative weight of the load attached to the back of rig.
Date:
May 16, 1916
Creator:
Hughes, Howard R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Indicator for Mail-Boxes.
Patent for the operator indicating a mail for the mail box to the courier mans, which allows easy purchase of things.
Date:
May 16, 1916
Creator:
Hunnicutt, Wallace V.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Houston Post. (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 31, No. 42, Ed. 1 Tuesday, May 16, 1916
Daily newspaper from Houston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
May 16, 1916
Creator:
Johnston, R. M.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Direction-Indicator.
Patent for a direction indicator that is "extremely simple, durable, efficient in operation, and inexpensive to manufacture" (lines 20-22). It is "an improved electrically operated direction indicator, in the nature of an arm pivotally mounted in a casing and operated by an electro-magnetically controlled lever [...] for indicating the directions in which the vehicle to which the device is applied, is about to move" (lines 10-17), including illustrations.
Date:
May 16, 1916
Creator:
Justus, Fred E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Lamp-Shade.
Patent for a simplified, detachable, and adjustable lamp shade that is "more practical and efficient without increasing the cost of manufacture" (lines 27-29), including illustrations.
Date:
May 16, 1916
Creator:
Landers, Charles G.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gainesville Daily Register and Messenger (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 270, Ed. 1 Tuesday, May 16, 1916
Daily newspaper from Gainesville, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
May 16, 1916
Creator:
Leonard, J. T.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History