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Plow.
Patent for improving the construction of plows. "The invention relates particularly to that class of plows in which a landslide is permanently attached to the depending portion of the beam." (lines 13-16)
Date:
September 30, 1902
Creator:
Hankins, Elias
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Switch.
Patent for a switch in which it can be “automatically operated by a moving train either for the purpose of opening or closing the switch, under the control of the engineer, who without stopping the train may open the switch and run his train onto the switch-rails or a siding without slowing up the train further than is necessary to avoid derailing the train when passing from the main line to the switch or siding.” (Lines 11-20) Illustration is included.
Date:
May 17, 1904
Creator:
Harris, Irvin F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hydrocarbon Burner
Patent for a hydrocarbon burner. Illustration included.
Date:
June 13, 1905
Creator:
Higgins, James F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hydrocarbon-Burner.
Patent for Hydrocarbon burner for heating oil along with the steam. This burner will also improve the process of atomizing discharge.
Date:
July 22, 1902
Creator:
Higgins, James Franklin
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hydrocarbon-Burner
Patent for a hydrocarbon burner.
Date:
March 31, 1903
Creator:
Higgins, James Franklin
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Composition for Killing Grass
Patent for an improved chemical designed to kill grass, weeds and other undesirable plants. It can sprayed or sprinkled on the plants and within twenty minutes the grass or weeds will start to die even within the roots themselvs.
Date:
May 22, 1906
Creator:
Hulsey, Charley Marion
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Electric Clock.
Patent for new and useful improvements in electrically operated clocks, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
February 13, 1900
Creator:
Iversen, Henry
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Electric Clock
Patent for an electric clock. Illustration included.
Date:
December 25, 1906
Creator:
Iversen, Henry
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pneumatic Cotton Elevator and Distributer
Patent for a pneumatic cotton elevator and distributer. Illustration included.
Date:
December 6, 1904
Creator:
Jackson, James Theodore
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Rotary Hydraulic Casing-Spear.
Patent for "new and useful Improvements in Automatic Rotary Hydraulic Casing-Spears" (lines 5-7) which "relates to improvements in well-boring apparatus" (lines 13-14).
Date:
December 26, 1905
Creator:
Johnston, Horace G.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ball Bearing Jack
Patent for a ball bearing jack. Illustration included.
Date:
November 14, 1905
Creator:
Johnston, Horace G.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Coupling for Well-Drilling Machines
Patent for coupling for well-drilling machines.
Date:
April 14, 1903
Creator:
Johnston, Horace G.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gripping Device for Well-Boring Apparatus
Patent for a gripping device for well-boring apparatus.
Date:
January 20, 1903
Creator:
Johnston, Horace G.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hoisting Mechanism
Patent for hoisting mechanism for use in oil-wells. This invention employees a sand-reel placed upon the hoisting shaft. Illustration included.
Date:
October 16, 1906
Creator:
Johnston, Horace G.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hydraulic Swivel
Patent for improvements in the construction and design of hydraulic swivels.
Date:
December 17, 1907
Creator:
Johnston, Horace G.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Well Sinking Apparatus
Patent for a well sinking apparatus. Illustration included.
Date:
January 3, 1905
Creator:
Johnston, Horace G.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hydraulic Swivel
Patent for a hydraulic swivel made to control back pressure and designed to be resistant to wear. Illustrations included.
Date:
December 10, 1907
Creator:
Johnston, Horace G. & Norris, Joseph B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hydraulic Swivel
Patent for a hydraulic swivel. This design produced a mechanism for supporting a supply hose in a given position.
Date:
October 27, 1903
Creator:
Johnston, Horace G.; Sturm, William P. & Sturm, Jacob W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow
Patent for "an improved plow especially adapted for use in plowing down listed or bedded land to reduce the same to a level and also adapted for other purposes" .(lines 11-14). The plow is designed to improve the physical construction of the plow making it better and stronger while eliminating past flaws.
Date:
September 12, 1905
Creator:
Killingsworth, Robert Lee
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vest and Drawers Holder
Patent for a vest and drawers holder. Illustration included.
Date:
April 5, 1904
Creator:
Lustig, Albert
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Journal of Proceedings of the Thirty-Sixth Annual Session of The Northwest Texas Conference...of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, held at Corsica, Texas, November 13 to November 18, 1901.
Minutes of Northwest Texas Conference include a list of members, committees, formal minutes of the conferences, condensed minutes, resolutions, reports from committees, and statistical tables.
Date:
November 1901
Creator:
Methodist Episcopal Church, South.
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Well Drilling Apparatus
Patent for a well drilling apparatus. This invention applies to the drilling of oil wells. Illustration included.
Date:
April 21, 1908
Creator:
Milliron, Charles
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Delegates Credentials card for T. N. Carswell, Simmons College]
A card labeled "DELEGATES CREDENTIALS issued to Mr. T. N. Carswell, DELEGATE FROM Simmons College for the State Convention of the Young Mens Christian Association (Corsicana) February 21, 22, 23, 1913. Signed by A. J. Morgan, President, Y. M. C. A." This photograph was originally part of a scrapbook assembled by Thomas Norwood Carswell, largely containing items related to his time at Simmons College.
Date:
[1909, 1915]
Creator:
Morgan, A. J.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Suspensory
Patent for suspensory to prevent binding and discomfort. Illustration included.
Date:
July 12, 1904
Creator:
Munsey, Elbert W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History