Resource Type

Cleburne 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: 1917
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Waco 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: 1918
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Feed-Water Steam-Generator (open access)

Automatic Feed-Water Steam-Generator

Patent for a steam generator for hydrocarbon burners. Illustrations included.
Date: February 4, 1913
Creator: Mills, John H. T. & Mills, Virgil H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Burial-Vault (open access)

Burial-Vault

Patent for an air and moisture proof burial vault which can also expel gases. Illustrations included.
Date: January 3, 1911
Creator: Pepple, John W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Lifting-Jacks (open access)

Attachment for Lifting-Jacks

Patent for an attachment for lifting jacks.
Date: March 28, 1911
Creator: Porter, Horton B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Casting-Machine (open access)

Casting-Machine

Patent for a casting machine. Illustrations included.
Date: April 11, 1911
Creator: Mills, Virgil H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle Wheel. (open access)

Vehicle Wheel.

Patent for a wheel with an improved design that includes shock absorbing springs radiating from the hub, sectional tread for traction, and a metallic construction in place of a pneumatic tire for increased durability. Includes illustrations.
Date: March 10, 1911
Creator: Smoot, Lonnie C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wheel-Holding Device. (open access)

Wheel-Holding Device.

Patent for a device to hold a wheel during construction and repair.
Date: August 8, 1911
Creator: Gallagher, Harve H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Valve Mechanism for Steam Engines (open access)

Valve Mechanism for Steam Engines

Patent for valve gear mechanism for steam engines.
Date: February 6, 1912
Creator: Broadway, Fred V.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Water-Carrier. (open access)

Water-Carrier.

Patent for a water carrier that is made up of a conveyor for a bucket to and from a well.
Date: August 15, 1911
Creator: Offutt, Ira Emerson
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wheel Sulky Plow (open access)

Wheel Sulky Plow

Patent for wheel sulky plow. Illustrations included.
Date: August 13, 1912
Creator: Renfro, William T. & Renfro, William C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Steam-Generator (open access)

Steam-Generator

Patent for a steam generator for use with hydrocarbon burners.
Date: April 30, 1912
Creator: Mills, Virgil H. & Mills, John H. T.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stalk-Cutting Attachment for Plows (open access)

Stalk-Cutting Attachment for Plows

Patent for a stalk cutter attachment for plows. Illustrations included.
Date: December 24, 1912
Creator: Osborne, John E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hydrocarbon-Burner. (open access)

Hydrocarbon-Burner.

Patent for a hydrocarbon burner that has its oil atomized by a steam generator.
Date: March 14, 1911
Creator: Mills, Virgil H. & Mills, John H. T.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hydrocarbon-Burner. (open access)

Hydrocarbon-Burner.

Patent for a hydrocarbon burner that allows foreign materials to blow away from the burner, while it is running and is fuel efficient.
Date: September 26, 1911
Creator: Mills, John H. T. & Mills, Virgil H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mail-Pouch-Transferring Apparatus. (open access)

Mail-Pouch-Transferring Apparatus.

Patent for a mail pouch transferring apparatus that has a secure attachment to the frame.
Date: June 27, 1911
Creator: Pepple, John W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Engine-Muffler. (open access)

Engine-Muffler.

Patent for improvements to engine muffler, including noise reduction without accompanying "back-pressure".
Date: September 19, 1911
Creator: Smoot, Lonnie C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ice-Cream Freezer (open access)

Ice-Cream Freezer

Patent for an ice cream freezer that will have independent and removable receptacles that will freeze ice cream into various sizes and shapes in the form of sticks.
Date: January 2, 1912
Creator: Jameson, Roland Lee
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sheep-Shears (open access)

Sheep-Shears

Patent for sheep shears. Illustrations included.
Date: May 17, 1910
Creator: Ascue, Elbert
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oil-Burner (open access)

Oil-Burner

Patent for an oil burner for burning crude petroleum and hydrocarbon oils. Illustrations included.
Date: July 11, 1911
Creator: Mills, Virgil H. & Mills, John H. T.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oil-Burner (open access)

Oil-Burner

Patent for an oil burner for stoves that can still operate even if there are impurities in the water used to create the steam employed in getting the fuel to burn.
Date: August 13, 1912
Creator: Mills, John H. T. & Mills, Virgil H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Device for Cleaning Flues (open access)

Device for Cleaning Flues

Patent for a flue cleaner that operates by blowing steam through the flue, thus removing dirt and debris. Illustrations included.
Date: June 14, 1910
Creator: Bartles, Neslon E. & Hawkins, Charles O.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator-Tooth Adjuster. (open access)

Cultivator-Tooth Adjuster.

Patent for a cultivator tooth adjuster that can be set to different angles.
Date: December 27, 1910
Creator: Kirk, Carrol D.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Picker (open access)

Cotton-Picker

Patent for improvements to cotton pickers providing a wheeled machine that will "remove cotton lint from the plants by mechanical means" (lines 15-16) with added new features to construction and operation, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 12, 1912
Creator: Scheble, Eugene Stiles & Ascue, Elbert
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History