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Water-Wheel. (open access)

Water-Wheel.

Patent for a water wheel for creating power, which has a greater power producing capacity with less water required than usual through the use of a special type of bucket on the wheel.
Date: November 23, 1909
Creator: Dennis, Decatur D.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pump-Piston. (open access)

Pump-Piston.

Patent for an improvement on Pump-Pistons."This invention has for its object to provide a pump-piston constructed entirely of metal in order to avoid the use of packings constructed of leather or other rapidly-wearing material; and the invention consists in certain novel features of construction herinafter fully described." (Lines 15-21) Illustration is included.
Date: December 31, 1901
Creator: Kincaid, Walter H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pump-Plunger (open access)

Pump-Plunger

Patent for a pump-plunger.
Date: April 7, 1903
Creator: Scott, Eugene
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rail Connection. (open access)

Rail Connection.

Patent for a rail connection, which is smooth when the train passes over it and durable.
Date: June 8, 1909
Creator: Hendricks, Willis A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dentistry (open access)

Dentistry

Patent for a device to tighten and hold loose teeth to the jaw.
Date: November 11, 1902
Creator: Martin, George G.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Calculator (open access)

Calculator

Patent for a calculator which consists of semicircular device with movable pointers and number indexes printed on it that allows the pointers to be moved to different numbers to produce the answer to a math problem such as calculating the cost of goods sold by the pound in a store.
Date: December 21, 1909
Creator: Goss, George Wilson
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Two Letters And Envelope Addressed to McAlpine] (open access)

[Two Letters And Envelope Addressed to McAlpine]

Two letters and an envelope discussing ranch matters. The first letter is addressed to "Uncle" and signed "Bof Bingham," discusses news of a cattle ranch and is dated June 2, 1918. The second letter is on Sayles Bros. & McAlpine letterhead, addressed to "John" and dated July 2, 1908. The envelope is addressed to "Mr. Uncle McAlpine" and has a note written on it that reads, "This explains itself. It may be a bluff and may not. He has done nothing yet."
Date: {1908-07-02,1918-06-02}
Creator: Bingham, B.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter to Hon. John J. Terrell, July 9, 1907] (open access)

[Letter to Hon. John J. Terrell, July 9, 1907]

Letter to John J. Terrell discussing real estate that had been leased to Mac Sayles.
Date: July 9, 1907
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from J. T. Robison to Mr. Perry Sayles, July 9, 1907] (open access)

[Letter from J. T. Robison to Mr. Perry Sayles, July 9, 1907]

Letter from J. T. Robison to Perry Sayles rejecting Sayles application to purchase land in El Paso County and authorizing return of payment.
Date: July 9, 1907
Creator: Robison, J. T.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Wilson Family, Circa 1909]

Photograph of the Wilson family standing side-to-side in front of a single-story wooden home. From left to right: Arthur, Joe, T. N. Wilson Sallie, Flora Ann, Katherine, and Jennie.
Date: 1909~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History