Carpet Stretcher (open access)

Carpet Stretcher

Patent for carpet stretcher. Illustration included.
Date: October 17, 1905
Creator: Williams, Robbert D.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Stretcher (open access)

Wire-Stretcher

Patent for improvements to wire-stretchers, "particularly to those arranged for disposal upon wagons, and has for its object to provide a wire-stretcher with which a plurality of wires may be stretched simultaneously and which will be arranged to hold the spools containing the wire which is to be strung." (lines 12-18), including illustrations.
Date: October 24, 1905
Creator: Manning, Butler S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Deep Boring at Spur (open access)

The Deep Boring at Spur

Report concerning drill boring exploring the geological features underneath Spur, Texas,
Date: 1914
Creator: Udden, Johan August, 1859-1932
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Tank-Bottom Holder. (open access)

Tank-Bottom Holder.

Patent for a tank bottom holder that allows a tank bottom to be "securely and accurately maintained in proper cooperative relation to the edge turning tool and readily manipulated in the required manner" (lines 13-17). That tank bottom holder can be adjusted to fit a variety of tank bottom sizes, and the patent includes illustrations and instructions.
Date: August 11, 1914
Creator: Smith, Walter O.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vacuum-Energized Make-and-Break Spark-Plug. (open access)

Vacuum-Energized Make-and-Break Spark-Plug.

Patent for a vacuum-energized make-and-break spark plug that "relates to new and useful improvements in ignition apparatus for internal combustion engines" (lines 16-18) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: June 4, 1918
Creator: Irwin, Herbert Glen
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Device For Cleaning Electrodes Of Make-And-Break Spark-Plugs. (open access)

Device For Cleaning Electrodes Of Make-And-Break Spark-Plugs.

Patent for improvements in cleaning the electrodes of make and break spark plugs, with an illustration and explanation.
Date: August 6, 1918
Creator: Irwin, H. G.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Bur Separator. (open access)

Cotton-Bur Separator.

Patent for improvements in apparatus for separating burs from cotton lint despite severe weather conditions, illustrations included.
Date: August 20, 1918
Creator: Irwin, Samuel D.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vacuum-Operated Make-And-Break Spark Plug (open access)

Vacuum-Operated Make-And-Break Spark Plug

Patent for an improved "vacuum operated make and break spark plug" (lines 16-17) including illustrations.
Date: November 19, 1918
Creator: Irwin, Herbert G.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vaporizing Attachment for Internal-Combustion Engines. (open access)

Vaporizing Attachment for Internal-Combustion Engines.

Patent for a vaporizing attachment for internal combustion engines which provides means for vaporizing and introducing liquid fuel into the cylinders while the motor is in motion.
Date: January 7, 1919
Creator: Irwin, Herbert G.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vacuum-Operated Make-and-Break Spark-Plug. (open access)

Vacuum-Operated Make-and-Break Spark-Plug.

Patent for simple and efficient improvements to vacuum-operated make-and-break spark plugs, including illustrations and instructions.
Date: June 10, 1919
Creator: Irwin, Herbert Glen
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Picking Device (open access)

Cotton-Picking Device

Patent for cotton-picking device. The object of the invention is to provide a novel and improved device for picking cotton by hand. Patent is for the protection of the digits.
Date: January 25, 1921
Creator: Vincent, George Hilliard
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator Attachment. (open access)

Cultivator Attachment.

Patent for an attachment for the cutting of weeds and soil moving. It is designed to be attached to any cultivator or plow beam either singly or duplicated.
Date: February 1, 1921
Creator: Turner, Edwin E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Axle Lubricator. (open access)

Axle Lubricator.

Patent for axle lubricator. This invention makes it so that manual lubrication of spindles is eliminated.
Date: November 15, 1921
Creator: Bass, Thomas G.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

Soil map, Texas, Dickens County sheet

Map displays soil types along with creeks, springs, towns, schools, churches, ranches, experiment substations, roads, and railroads. Includes legend and symbols.
Date: 1926
Creator: United States. Bureau of Soils.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Soil survey of Dickens County, Texas (open access)

Soil survey of Dickens County, Texas

Text describes the climate, agriculture, and soils of Dickens County, Texas.
Date: 1926
Creator: Carter, William T. (William Thomas); Hendrickson, B. H. (Bertram Higbie) & Strike, W. W. (Wendell William)
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

Lubbock

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 1:250000
Date: 1958
Creator: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Gilpin Quadrangle

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 1:24000
Date: 1959
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Pursley House Quadrangle

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 1:24000
Date: 1959
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: WW-854 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: WW-854

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Will Wilson, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether Dickens County may deposit with the State Treasurer all of the money necessary to service the interest and principal on outstanding bonds to maturity, and then spend the surplus in the sinking fund on road purposes?
Date: June 7, 1960
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

Bunker Hill Quadrangle

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 1:24000
Date: 1963
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Smith Tank Quadrangle

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 1:24000
Date: 1963
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Lubbock

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 1:250000
Date: 1966
Creator: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

McAdoo Quadrangle

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 1:24000
Date: 1968
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Wake Quadrangle

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 1:24000
Date: 1968
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History