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Machine For Collecting Insects From Plants
Patent for a machine that collects insects from plants. Illustration included.
Date:
July 5, 1904
Creator:
Bolen, Walter M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Water-Conveyer.
Patent for a water conveyer for irrigation, which has a series of buckets on a conveyer belt which pour over a waterwheel to power the motor of the machine. This model has streamlined the buckets water flow to minimize the power used from the motor.
Date:
December 24, 1907
Creator:
Dove, John Oliver & Wirsing, Charley
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Means for Securing Tools to Handles.
Patent for a spur plate that helps keep tools securely fastened to their handles.
Date:
June 2, 1903
Creator:
Smythe, Amos Pierce & Bryant, Thomas P.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Meat-Hook
Patent for a meat hook that allows for ease of handling meats without needing to dirty the hands of the user.
Date:
June 20, 1905
Creator:
Tally, John D.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Trace-Fastner
Patent for Trace Fastners which is useful for securing a trace upon a whiffletree.
Date:
December 16, 1902
Creator:
Thornton, Burus M. & Thornton, William E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Harrow and Cultivating Implement
Patent for a harrow and cultivating implement which "may be readily adjusted and adapted to various uses" (lines 12-13).
Date:
April 21, 1908
Creator:
Sherrill, Samuel T.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gate Latch
Patent for "improvements in latches for gates, doors, and the like." (lines 12-13) This latch "may be conveniently operated from either side of the door and may be locked against operation." (lines 15-17)
Date:
August 11, 1903
Creator:
Carter, Hiram Claborn
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hame Attachment
Patent for improved Hame Attachment with "snap hame-hook" (line 11) "preventing accidental displacement." (line 13-14)
Date:
June 26, 1900
Creator:
Dobbs, William, Jackson
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gin-Saw Cleaner.
Patent for a cleaner for cotton-gin saws for "an improved construction of cleaner adapted to be used in connection with saw-cylinders on different kinds of gins" (lines 10-13) and "which may be easily fitted and held securely in position in a detachable manner" (lines 18-19).
Date:
April 24, 1900
Creator:
Bolen, Walter M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Trace-Fastener
Patent for trace fastener.
Date:
April 21, 1903
Creator:
Hall, Henry Lyons
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sash-Fastener.
Patent for a new and useful sash fastener, which is "capable of holding a sash at any desired adjustment and of being arranged to lock the sashes against vertical movement on each other" (line 13 - 14).
Date:
February 13, 1900
Creator:
James, Will S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Potato-Digger.
Patent for a potato digger, which leaves the potatoes on top of the soil and can be used in a variety of different soil types.
Date:
October 19, 1909
Creator:
Herring, Jesie M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Method of Destroying Stumps of Trees.
Patent for a method of destroying the stumps of persimmon and sassafras trees using saltpeter, soda, and salt.
Date:
April 1, 1902
Creator:
McLelland, Jacob J. E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Insect Destroyer And Fumigator
Patent for an insect destroyer and fumigator. Illustrations included.
Date:
October 4, 1904
Creator:
Heffner, John H. & Kidd, Eugene Z.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow.
Patent for improvements in plows by providing readily-operable means for adjusting the plow-shovel on the standard, to facilitate adjustment of the shovel and of the gage with relation to each other, thereby to vary the cut of the shovel, to improve the means for holding the gage assembled with the standard, and generally to simplify and increase the efficiency of plows of this character. (Lines 14-21) Illustration is included.
Date:
March 22, 1904
Creator:
Wilson, William H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Weevil Destroyer
Patent for cotton weevil destroyer. Illustration included.
Date:
October 25, 1904
Creator:
Stephens, Lee Albert
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper
Patent for new improvements in cotton choppers which allows them to be durable and strong, yet flexible with adjustable parts to accommodate soil and growth conditions including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 7, 1903
Creator:
Gerding, Fred F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The State Herald (Mexia, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 10, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 5, 1908
Weekly newspaper from Mexia, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
March 5, 1908
Creator:
Houx, N. P.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The State Herald (Mexia, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 12, 1908
Weekly newspaper from Mexia, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
March 12, 1908
Creator:
Houx, N. P.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The State Herald (Mexia, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 12, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 19, 1908
Weekly newspaper from Mexia, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
March 19, 1908
Creator:
Houx, N. P.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The State Herald (Mexia, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 13, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 26, 1908
Weekly newspaper from Mexia, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
March 26, 1908
Creator:
Houx, N. P.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The State Herald (Mexia, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 14, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 2, 1908
Weekly newspaper from Mexia, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
April 2, 1908
Creator:
Houx, N. P.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The State Herald (Mexia, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 15, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 9, 1908
Weekly newspaper from Mexia, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
April 9, 1908
Creator:
Houx, N. P.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The State Herald (Mexia, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 16, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 16, 1908
Weekly newspaper from Mexia, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
April 16, 1908
Creator:
Houx, N. P.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History