Soil map, Texas, Anderson County sheet

Map displays soil types along with creeks, lakes, sloughs, rivers, towns, roads, and railroads. Includes legend and soil profiles.
Date: 1905
Creator: United States. Bureau of Soils.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Soil Survey of Anderson County, Texas (open access)

Soil Survey of Anderson County, Texas

Text includes information on history, climate, physiography and geology, soils, agricultural methods, and agricultural conditions. Accompanied by soil map.
Date: 1905
Creator: United States. Bureau of Soils.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Machine For Grinding Valve Seats (open access)

Machine For Grinding Valve Seats

Patent for a simpler machine for Grinding Valve-Seats. This machine relates to the machinery involved in the grinding and finishing of valve seats.
Date: July 28, 1905
Creator: Meyners, Henry
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wheel Cultivator or Sulky Plow. (open access)

Wheel Cultivator or Sulky Plow.

Patent for a wheeled cultivator that "may be attached to a wheeled supporting-frame in such a manner that the front end of the plow-beam may be raised and lowered, the construction also providing means for readily detaching the plow-beam from the frame" (lines 12-17) including illustrations.
Date: September 12, 1905
Creator: Vance, Sidney F. & Harrison, Hubbert L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow And Cultivator (open access)

Plow And Cultivator

Patent for a plow and cultivator. Illustration included.
Date: March 21, 1905
Creator: Henderson, Thomas
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Desk Attachment (open access)

Desk Attachment

Patent for a desk attachment. Illustration included.
Date: February 7, 1905
Creator: Miller, Hartford H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Display Cabinet (open access)

Display Cabinet

Patent for display cabinet. Illustration included.
Date: April 4, 1905
Creator: Douglass, John A. & Fagg, Carye A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History