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Steam Engine
Patent for steam engine. Illustration included.
Date:
May 11, 1909
Creator:
Hill, John A. & Hill, Melvin W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Bird and Insect Catcher
Patent for a combined bird and insect catcher. Illustration included.
Date:
April 27, 1909
Creator:
Martin, Charles H. & Ross, William N.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Can-Opener.
Patent for "new and useful Improvements in Can-Openers." (line 5-6) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
January 9, 1909
Creator:
Davis, James Walter & McBee, Marshall E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Supporting-Stake.
Patent for a stake for supporting tomato plants, which has wire coils on a stake with cords that wrap around the plant and then attach to the coils.
Date:
November 24, 1908
Creator:
Ford, John Owen
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fan-Hanger.
Patent for a ceiling fan hanger that allows the fan to be moved higher or lower in the room as needed and stays firmly in place at each height setting.
Date:
March 12, 1907
Creator:
McBee, Marshall E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Churn Motor
Patent for a churn motor. This invention is a manually motored churn. Illustration included.
Date:
February 26, 1907
Creator:
Cole, Emory W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow
Patent for a plow. Illustration included.
Date:
February 26, 1907
Creator:
Nunnally, Bruce
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Weighing and Lifting Device
Patent for a weighing and lifting device. Illustration included.
Date:
November 21, 1905
Creator:
Davis, James W. & Alexander, Thomas J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Shaking Churn
Patent for a shaking churn. Illustration included.
Date:
July 19, 1904
Creator:
Park, Reece W. & Arnwine, Charles L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Soil map, Texas, Jacksonville sheet
Map displays soil types along with towns, railroads, and roads. Includes legend and soil profiles.
Date:
1904
Creator:
United States. Bureau of Soils.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Soil survey of the Jacksonville area, Texas
Text describes the history of settlement and agricultural development, climate, physiography and geology, soils, and agricultural conditions for the Jacksonville area, Texas.
Date:
1904
Creator:
Hearn, W. Edward (Williamson Edward) & Burgess, James L.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Veneer-Bending Machine
Patent for improving veneer bending through a slower process which allows the entirety of the veneer to be heated.
Date:
September 30, 1902
Creator:
Aber, Edgar
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Jack
Patent for a vehicle jack improvements that includes "a lifting-arm or support having a flexible winding element" (lines 15-16).
Date:
September 23, 1902
Creator:
Zwicker, August
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
COMBINATION RAKE AND FORK.
Patent for a new invention of a farm implement hand-tool which is a combination of a rake and a fork, functioning either as a rake or a fork with a single adjustment, including description and illustrations.
Date:
July 15, 1902
Creator:
Zwicker, August
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Veneer Basket.
Patent for stronger, lighter construction of baskets frequently used in shipping fruit, although the improvement "may be used for any and all purposes of which it is capable" (lines 13-15).
Date:
June 3, 1902
Creator:
Aber, Edgar
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Knife.
Patent for improvement in pruning-knives by creating a hollow slot in the handle of the knife and a pivoted blade; in which the blade can be pull out of the slot when in use and place it back to the slot when it is not in use. Illustration is included.
Date:
March 4, 1902
Creator:
Zwicker, August
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
BRICK-KILN.
Patent for brick-kilns to "provide means for burning bricks in a much shorter time and more effectively than is possible with usual constructions, and, further, to protect the kiln-walls against the injurious effects of heat" (lines 9-13).
Date:
October 30, 1900
Creator:
Aber, Edgar
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bale-Band Tightener
Patent for a bale-band tightener, illustrations included.
Date:
October 2, 1900
Creator:
Splettstosser, Fritz
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Nail-Puller.
Patent for a new and improved nail puller, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
February 13, 1900
Creator:
Lubbock, William Lochart
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History