Cultural Resources Survey Within the Green Acres South Campus Proposed Expansion Site (open access)

Cultural Resources Survey Within the Green Acres South Campus Proposed Expansion Site

Archaeological survey results of 34 acre area of land for proposed development in Smith County, Texas.
Date: March 22, 2004
Creator: AR Consultants
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tool for Cleaning Out Nuts. (open access)

Tool for Cleaning Out Nuts.

Patent for a tool for cleaning out internally-threaded apertures. This removes rust and dirt from screw-threads without damaging the threads, and is much less destructive than acid baths, heat, and screw-taps.
Date: September 22, 1896
Creator: Rall, Frederick A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Composition of Matter for Use in Killing Trees and Other Vegetable Growths (open access)

Composition of Matter for Use in Killing Trees and Other Vegetable Growths

Patent for a composition or recipe for tree and plant killer
Date: February 22, 1916
Creator: Eason, John F. H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Whiffletree Attachment (open access)

Whiffletree Attachment

Patent for device which attaches swingle trees to double trees and decreases shocks and jerks experienced by the tree of a vehicle.
Date: August 22, 1911
Creator: Bates, William W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Shoe-Plate. (open access)

Shoe-Plate.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in shoe plates, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: November 22, 1898
Creator: Long, Francis F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Radial Tube Boiler. (open access)

Radial Tube Boiler.

Patent for a new and improved boiler. This design "consist[s] of a horizontal steam reservoir, a vertical cylinder provided with radial tubes suspended therefrom and forming a steam-generating chamber, all supported by standards placed underneath said horizontal steam-reservoir and outside of the casing surrounding said steam-generating chamber, and the fire-box placed under said steam-generating chamber" (lines 67-75).
Date: January 22, 1889
Creator: Clarke, John & Savage, Robert W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pessary (open access)

Pessary

Patent for an improved uterine dilator for the application of medicine to the uterus, with illustrations.
Date: July 22, 1902
Creator: Overton, Benjamin Franklin
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History