Attachment For Sewing Machines (open access)

Attachment For Sewing Machines

Patent for an attachment for a sewing machines. Illustration included.
Date: July 11, 1905
Creator: Bearden, Jackson Thomas
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Collapsible Ventilated Crate (open access)

Collapsible Ventilated Crate

Patent for a collapsible vented crate for that does not require special machinery to build.
Date: June 11, 1912
Creator: Williams, Lewie A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bale-Band Fastening (open access)

Bale-Band Fastening

Patent for bale bend fastening that includes a winding-key engaging the lapped ends of a bale-band and a lock for retaining the winding key against the reverse movement after the latter has been turned to wind the connected ends of the band for the purpose of taking up the slack in the latter (Lines 8-15)
Date: November 11, 1902
Creator: Campbell, Douglas M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Churn (open access)

Churn

Patent for a churn. Illustrations included.
Date: March 11, 1913
Creator: Brown, Herbert E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Conveyer (open access)

Conveyer

Patent for a conveyer system in use with threshing machines. Illustration included.
Date: February 11, 1908
Creator: Richmond, George E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Cleaning Bottoms of Ships. (open access)

Apparatus for Cleaning Bottoms of Ships.

Patent for apparatus for cleaning the bottom of ships "to provide a simple and practical apparatus for removing barnacles, seaweed, mud, and other adhesions from the sides and bottom of a ship" (line 10).
Date: February 11, 1902
Creator: Culpepper, Robert Smith
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Furnace (open access)

Furnace

Patent for locomotive-boiler furnaces with an easy to remove mounted fire box
Date: November 11, 1902
Creator: Meacher, George Washington
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bicycle-Holder. (open access)

Bicycle-Holder.

Patent for a bicycle-holder that holds the bicycle upright. It consists of "a pair of plates clamped upon a portion of the frame of a bicycle, two pairs of ears formed integral with and depending from said plates, one pair of ears being formed convcavo-convex to form a socket between them and constructed with semicircular notches in their lower edges, a rod having a ball or spherical body on its upper end that is located and held for movement in the so formed socket, a lug formed integral with the lower end of one of the remaining pair of ears, and an arm pivoted between said remaining pair of ears, said arm having a bifurcated lower end that engages the rim or tire of the front wheel of the bicycle" (lines 40-54).
Date: February 11, 1896
Creator: McKanna, John J.
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 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
Collapsible Box (open access)

Collapsible Box

Patent for box made of pasteboard that collapses and remains as such until needed for use.
Date: January 11, 1916
Creator: Houghland, Frank E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Collapsible Box (open access)

Collapsible Box

Patent for collapsible boxes. Makes it easier and more convenient for people using them.
Date: January 11, 1916
Creator: Houghland, Frank H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Concrete Wall Mold. (open access)

Concrete Wall Mold.

Patent for "a concrete wall mold which is so constructed as to produce a very strong wall having vertically extended channels which form ribs materially reinforcing the structure" (lines 10-14)
Date: June 11, 1920
Creator: Porter, Charles S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Crude-Oil Burner. (open access)

Crude-Oil Burner.

Patent for an improvement on a crude oil burner that can adapt to various grades of crude oil as well as providing intense heat to various sizes of boilers.
Date: May 11, 1920
Creator: Runyan, Benjamin F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combustion-Gas and Crude-Oil Burner (open access)

Combustion-Gas and Crude-Oil Burner

Patent for a burner which can be used with either gas or oil, or both at once.
Date: May 11, 1920
Creator: Runyan, Benjamin F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Brazoria County, Index

Index map for Brazoria 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 1:138,173.
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 1

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 A01

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 1:2,287.
Date: January 11, 2011
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Center-Gage and Micrometer (open access)

Center-Gage and Micrometer

Patent for improvements to a center gage and inside micrometer to "provide central support for dividers" (lines 15-16) including illustrations.
Date: January 11, 1921
Creator: Snell, Charles
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lee College Courier, Volume 4, Number 18, September 1995 (open access)

Lee College Courier, Volume 4, Number 18, September 1995

Newsletter of Lee College discussing news, events, and other updates.
Date: September 11, 1995
Creator: Lee College (Baytown, Tex.)
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Photoprinter. (open access)

Photoprinter.

Patent for a photograph printer that includes a mask mechanism to create prints of different sizes. Construction is such that the person using the printer can work the printer accurately and quickly complete work.
Date: April 11, 1922
Creator: Lockhart, William E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wrench (open access)

Wrench

Patent for an improvement in the design of wrenches, particular for heavy work such as deep well drilling, but still being able to be designed at smaller sizes to handle lighter work.
Date: April 11, 1922
Creator: Reed, Clarence E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Winding Machine (open access)

Wire-Winding Machine

Patent for a wire winding machine for making coils of wire for well screens with notches in the wire.
Date: October 11, 1910
Creator: Johnson, John N.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History