Acetylene-Gas Generator. (open access)

Acetylene-Gas Generator.

Patent for improving an Acetylene-Gas Generator. To eliminate a check valve between the generator and the gasometer, this will purify the gas and keep siphoning off of water from occurring.
Date: September 8, 1903
Creator: Gribble, William A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Trace Connector (open access)

Adjustable Trace Connector

Patent for an adjustable trace connector. Illustration included.
Date: January 5, 1909
Creator: Erwin, Agustin Reese; Burks, William D. & Burks, Joseph B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Blower for Forges (open access)

Blower for Forges

Patent for new and useful improvements in blowers for blacksmiths' forges with the intention of creating less waste and a better economical value.
Date: June 19, 1902
Creator: Roach, William
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bottle-neck (open access)

Bottle-neck

Patent for "an improved neck for bottles and jars; and it consists, essentially, of a notch formed on each side of the cork to enable the fingers of the operator to obtain a firm grip thereon in order to extract same." (lines 8-12)
Date: April 10, 1906
Creator: Huffer, Tilghman A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Breech-Protector (open access)

Breech-Protector

Patent for a breech protector for guns which protects exposed parts of the gun and the hands of the person handling it. Illustrations included.
Date: December 15, 1908
Creator: Hann, Edmund Lyne
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cabinet (open access)

Cabinet

Patent for a cabinet for storing lace or ribbons.
Date: May 11, 1909
Creator: Hayden, Frank A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car Step (open access)

Car Step

Patent for a car step. This invention is designed to be swung down into position from a fixed under the bottom of the rail car. Illustration included.
Date: September 18, 1906
Creator: Davis, George W. & Hicks, Joseph A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Churn and Ice Cream Freezer (open access)

Combined Churn and Ice Cream Freezer

Patent for a combined churn and ice cream freezer. Illustrations included.
Date: November 9, 1909
Creator: Jones, William A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

Dallas Sheet

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:125000
Date: 1902
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Dallas Sheet

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:125000
Date: 1909
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Design for a Fence-Post (open access)

Design for a Fence-Post

Patent for a new, original, and ornamental design for fence posts.
Date: December 4, 1906
Creator: Jasper, Tolbert Fanning
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Device For Lifting Kettles From Stoves, &c (open access)

Device For Lifting Kettles From Stoves, &c

Patent for a device for lifting kettles from stoves. Illustration included.
Date: December 15, 1903
Creator: Fitzpatrick, John Thomas
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Disk Plow (open access)

Disk Plow

Patent for disk plow. Illustration included.
Date: April 2, 1907
Creator: Leuty, Clyde Clifford
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Display-Cabinet (open access)

Display-Cabinet

Patent for a display cabinet "whereby laces and the like may be displayed and dispensed from the cabinet" (lines 10-11). Illustrations included.
Date: December 29, 1908
Creator: Martin, Lemuel T.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Draft Evener (open access)

Draft Evener

Patent for invention that "relates to four-horse draft equalizers, and is well adapted for use on plows-- gang-plows, sulky-plows, and grain-plows-- and may be used also on wagons and other vehicles drawn by horse-power" (lines 8-12). Illustrations are included
Date: March 15, 1902
Creator: Sleight, Milton W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Extension-Cot. (open access)

Extension-Cot.

Patent for an extension cot, which can be widened through the folding out of extra slats from the top of the cot and folds compactly for transportation.
Date: October 15, 1907
Creator: Whitlock, Henry B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gang Plow (open access)

Gang Plow

Patent for a gang plow. This invention allows for the attachment of several plows might be towed to till large areas of land. Illustration included.
Date: April 4, 1905
Creator: Ray, Fellix Griffin
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hay Press (open access)

Hay Press

Patent for a hay press. Illustration included.
Date: June 6, 1905
Creator: Gurley, John Mark
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Horse-Detacher. (open access)

Horse-Detacher.

Patent for a device to release horses reins in the case of the horse running away.
Date: November 12, 1907
Creator: McDanill, John Riley
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Horse-Evener. (open access)

Horse-Evener.

Patent for a horse-evener that allows for 4 or 5 horses to be used.
Date: February 5, 1907
Creator: Wendland, Carl
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Horse-Releaser (open access)

Horse-Releaser

Patent for a horse releaser. Illustrations included.
Date: November 19, 1907
Creator: Brockette, Ollie D.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Match Box (open access)

Match Box

Patent for match box. This invention is designed to push matches forward and ejecting it without disturbing the other matches remaining in the box. Illustration included.
Date: November 17, 1903
Creator: Kerley, Melvie V.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Measure (open access)

Measure

Patent for a measure. Illustration included.
Date: May 15, 1906
Creator: Turpin, Thomas L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pattern Chart (open access)

Pattern Chart

Patent for a pattern chart. This invention is a complete set of pattern-charts for cutting garments. Illustration included.
Date: June 7, 1904
Creator: Northern, Mary Eva
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History