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Bay Line, Number 19, Winter 1995
Quarterly newsletter discussing news, events, and other information related to the management of Galveston Bay and the surrounding watershed.
Date:
1995-01~
Creator:
Galveston Bay National Estuary Program
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Firing Device for Explosive Shells.
Patent for automatic firing device where "an explosive shell may be caused to travel any distance within the range of the shell through the air without exploding" (lines 14-17).
Date:
January 7, 1919
Creator:
McCombs, Orville K.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Net-Frame.
Patent for a foldable and stable fishing net-frame.
Date:
January 14, 1919
Creator:
Franklin, Robert M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Process For Expressing Fluid From Paraffin Compositions.
Patent for using a cooling and heating process to assist with expressing fluids from paraffin compositions.
Date:
January 20, 1914
Creator:
Hansen, Julius
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Laundry-Extractors
Patent for a time cut-off and brake attachment for laundry extractors for preventing accidents. Illustrations included.
Date:
January 23, 1912
Creator:
Moore, Robert Marion
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Changeable Gearing.
Patent for changeable gearing by using an axle, bevel-gears, stub-shafts and a crank-axle to construct the changeable gear, so that the “sprocket is locked to rotate with the crank-axle in one direction, while it may rotate freely of the axle in opposite direction, and, furthermore, that the sprocket may be locked to rotate with the axle or may be caused to rotate at a higher-speed than the axle.” (Lines 8-14.) Illustration is included.
Date:
January 8, 1901
Creator:
Brady, Alford
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Comb Cleaner.
Patent for a new and useful comb-cleaner. "This invention is an improved construction of comb-cleaner, the object being to provide an exceedingly cheap, simple, and efficient device by means of which a comb can be quickly and effectively cleaned" (line 10).
Date:
January 21, 1902
Creator:
Hess, Hugo
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Separating Fiber from Stalks.
Patent for a machine that separates fibers from the stalks and leaves of a variety of plants, including ramie, flax, pineapple, and sisal.
Date:
January 7, 1902
Creator:
Allison, Samuel B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stirrup
Patent for a stirrup. Illustration included.
Date:
January 22, 1907
Creator:
Levy, John Victor
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sheet Metal Fireproof Window
Patent for a sheet metal, fireproof window. The design is a window where the frame and the sash is constructed out of sheet-metal in order for it to be fireproof. The design also allows the sashes to be opened and held in that position but will close automatically when high temperature air comes into contact with them.
Date:
January 23, 1906
Creator:
Miller, W. H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rail Fastening or Chair.
Patent for a rail fastening, which prevents spreading of the rails and tilts them slightly inward.
Date:
January 19, 1909
Creator:
Nogle, Charles Johnson & Haas, George
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Shoe Lace
Patent for a shoe lace that does not become loose nor untie accidentally. Illustrations included.
Date:
January 17, 1905
Creator:
Nicholls, George H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Brazoria County, Block 3
Parent map for Brazoria County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:15,000.
Date:
January 11, 2011
Creator:
United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Brazoria County, Block 6
Parent map for Brazoria County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:15,000.
Date:
January 11, 2011
Creator:
United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Harris County, Block 284
Parent map for Harris County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:6,000.
Date:
January 10, 2011
Creator:
United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Jefferson County, Index
Index map for Jefferson County, Texas showing the distribution of census blocks and smaller inset areas for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:114,632.
Date:
January 12, 2011
Creator:
United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Brazoria County, Block 2
Parent map for Brazoria County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:15,000.
Date:
January 11, 2011
Creator:
United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Brazoria County, Block 7
Parent map for Brazoria County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:15,000.
Date:
January 11, 2011
Creator:
United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Harris County, Block 279
Parent map for Harris County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:6,000.
Date:
January 10, 2011
Creator:
United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Brazoria County, Block 20
Parent map for Brazoria County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:15,000.
Date:
January 11, 2011
Creator:
United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Harris County, Block 287
Parent map for Harris County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:6,000.
Date:
January 10, 2011
Creator:
United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Brazoria County, Block 36
Parent map for Brazoria County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:15,000.
Date:
January 11, 2011
Creator:
United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Brazoria County, Inset G01
Inset map for Brazoria County, Texas showing detail within a census block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:1,246.
Date:
January 11, 2011
Creator:
United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Harris County, Block 288
Parent map for Harris County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:6,000.
Date:
January 10, 2011
Creator:
United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History