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Las Cruces Sheet
Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:125000
Date:
1900
Creator:
Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Thimbles.
Patent for invention for the improvement of attachments for thimbles. "The objects of the invention are to produce a device of simple construction for cutting the thread when sewing that can be readily applied to old as well as to new thimbles; also to produce the device in such manner that the thread can be quickly and conveniently cut at any desired point in an expeditious manner " (lines 17-24). Includes specifications and illustrations.
Date:
May 1, 1900
Creator:
Brown, Archie Edwards
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Miter-Box.
Patent for a new and improved miter box that quickly adjusts "to guide a saw at any desired angle" (line 12), including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 8, 1900
Creator:
Shotwell, Marcus Aretar Kossuth
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Air-Brake Coupling.
Patent for "a new and useful improvements in automatic air-brake couplers to enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, the invention also relates to improvements in automatic air-brake couplings in cars". (lines 5-10) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 17, 1900
Creator:
Cary, Lewis C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Acetylene-Gas-Generating Apparatus.
Patent for "improvements in apparatus for generating acetylene , and comprises the novel features." (lines 8-10) including illustration.
Date:
July 24, 1900
Creator:
Metcalf, Charles Wesley
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Calcining-Furnance.
Patent for updates to "calcining-furnaces", specifically several original and new parts, including illustrations.
Date:
July 31, 1900
Creator:
Hughes, Godfrey
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Utilizing Hot Slag for Heating Purposes
Patent for an apparatus which holds molten slag in the exterior chambers of the receptacle such that the interior chambers can receive water to be heated, producing steam and hot air.
Date:
September 11, 1900
Creator:
Wells, James L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dust and Cinder Fender.
Patent for a fender for railroad car windows that prevents the intrusion of dust and cinders into an open window while allowing window to remain open for light and ventilation. The device can be attached to either side of the car.
Date:
December 11, 1900
Creator:
Bell, Chester L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
El Paso Sheet
Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:125000
Date:
1901
Creator:
Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-truck.
Patent for trucks for railway-cars "of simple and durable construction the parts of which are connected together without the use of bolts" (lines 10-12).
Date:
February 26, 1901
Creator:
Rouy, Gustave
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Envelop.
Patent for a new envelop that allows for "greater privacy and safety" (line 17) and "to be readily opened by the recipient" (line 19).
Date:
March 26, 1901
Creator:
Keller, John & Titsworth, Richard
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Faucet and Bottle-Washer
Patent for "a faucet which can be used merely as a faucet or which can be used for washing bottles, as may be desired" (lines 14-16).
Date:
April 9, 1901
Creator:
Horsley, John Shelton
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sash Lock and Lift
Patent for sash lock and lift that "relates to improvements in devices for operating window-sashes, and especially provides an improved means for operating the upper sash and locking the same securely in any desired position with respect to the lower sash, thus obviating the necessity for reaching up for the upper sash when it is desired to raise or lower the same or to lock it in open position for the purpose of ventilation" (lines 12-21) including instructions and illustrations
Date:
October 22, 1901
Creator:
Schairer, John Jacob
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Shearing or Cutting Metal
Patent for an improved machine that will shear and cut metals.
Date:
November 5, 1901
Creator:
Crane, Walter E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Soldering-Machine
Patent for soldering machine "for uniting by soldering these connections or joints of the printing strips, although the machine is not limited to this purpose, for, as will be obvious, it is adapted for application in the soldering of various kinds of work" (lines 32-37) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
November 5, 1901
Creator:
Crane, Walter E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Aparejo
Patent for more efficient and durable pack-saddle (aparejo) used by United States Army. Casing involves hollow boot-sticks and rubber-encased steel, with better fitting to prevent fatigue of animal.
Date:
February 11, 1902
Creator:
Keller, John & Titsworth, Richard
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Music-Leaf Turner.
Patent for "...an improvement in music-leaf turners...by which the leaves may be readily turned from side to side as desired..." (lines 9-12) including illustrations.
Date:
March 4, 1902
Creator:
Dascomb, Charles Henry
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Engraving-machine.
Patent for improvements to an engraving machine. Illustrations included.
Date:
July 1, 1902
Creator:
Crane, Walter E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Metal-Foil Fabric.
Patent for
Date:
August 5, 1902
Creator:
Parker, Harry L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fluid-Operated Signal
Patent for a fluid operated signal with illustrations. The device would allow communication between a train engineer and a caboose conductor through a device that utilizes the fluid-pressure brake system of the freight train.
Date:
September 30, 1902
Creator:
Bell, Chester L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Selective Call for Telegraph or Telephone Lines
Patent for a device that allows the user to ring a specific telephone or telegraph line without ringing the bells at other lines.
Date:
September 30, 1902
Creator:
Palmer, William, Jr.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Windmill.
Patent for an improvement to the "construction of windmills and to provide means for varying the stroke of a windmill with the velocity or force of the wind, to increase the length of the stroke as the velocity of the wind increases, and to reduce the length of stroke as the force of the wind abates." (lines 10-16)
Date:
November 18, 1902
Creator:
Tinney, James R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fort Hancock Sheet
Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:125000
Date:
1903
Creator:
Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bridle-Rod for Railroad Rails
Patent for a system of attaching railroad rails when the rails are first placed. This device is used to keep the rails a precise distance apart before the railroad spikes are placed into the ground holding the rails firmly in place.
Date:
February 10, 1903
Creator:
Johnson, John
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History