[Texas] Typical Curves of Precipitation

Series of three graphs demarcating the average rainfall per month for specific Texas cities across different regions of the state. Some lines are marked in red to distinguish individual points.
Date: 1891
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Technical Drawing
System: The Portal to Texas History
Non-Skid Device (open access)

Non-Skid Device

Patent for a device that affixes to automobile wheels to provide tire traction and prevent skidding.
Date: May 24, 1921
Creator: Williams, Harry S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Toothbrush. (open access)

Toothbrush.

Patent for a new and improved toothbrush that has a rotary brush which turns while the user brushes it back and forth over their teeth and a hollow stem that sends water to the brush while it is in use.
Date: November 2, 1920
Creator: Simon, John
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Seed-Selecting Mechanism. (open access)

Seed-Selecting Mechanism.

Patent for seed selecting mechanisms that plants or drops two seeds at the same time and can be attached to the hopper of a planter.
Date: June 15, 1920
Creator: Vest, Robert A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dirigible Headlight (open access)

Dirigible Headlight

Patent for updated design for dirigible headlights submitted by Mr. John Alton Fleming. The main aim of this improved design is to create a means by which the application of dirigible lights can "be easily and quickly applied and connected to the automobile and properly connected to the headlights without modifications to the automobile" (lines 17-22).
Date: December 30, 1919
Creator: Fleming, John A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Faunas of the Riley Formation in Central Texas (open access)

The Faunas of the Riley Formation in Central Texas

Report on the faunas of the Riley formation, including fossil findings, species, fossil dating, and zone boundaries.
Date: November 1954
Creator: Palmer, Allison R.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Occurrence, Availability, and Chemical Quality of Ground Water in the Edwards Plateau Region of Texas (open access)

Occurrence, Availability, and Chemical Quality of Ground Water in the Edwards Plateau Region of Texas

Report on
Date: July 1979
Creator: Walker, Loyd E.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Boll-Weevil Destroyer. (open access)

Boll-Weevil Destroyer.

Patent for machine to exterminate boll weevils, including illustrations. This device administers insecticide and captures damaged plants and insects.
Date: July 31, 1917
Creator: Henry, William L. & Calloway, Irven E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Regional Water Plan: Region F, 2016, Volume II. Appendices (open access)

Regional Water Plan: Region F, 2016, Volume II. Appendices

Appendices of the water plan for Region F including cost estimates, water management strategies, comments and answers related to the plan, survey results, drought triggers, and related reports.
Date: November 2015
Creator: Freese and Nichols, Inc.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Regional Water Plan: Region F, 2016, Volume 1. Main Report (open access)

Regional Water Plan: Region F, 2016, Volume 1. Main Report

Water plan for Region F describing water supply locations and suppliers, the general state of the water supply in the area, forecasts for future usage numbers, management and conservation plans for both suppliers and users in each county, impacts of implementation of the water plan, and the plan making process.
Date: November 2015
Creator: Freese and Nichols, Inc.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Regional Outlook, 1992: West Texas Region (open access)

Texas Regional Outlook, 1992: West Texas Region

Report on economic forecast and outlook for the West Texas Region describing expected economic change for various industries, employment growth, and county-level analyses.
Date: 1992
Creator: Texas. Comptroller's Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Regional Outlook, 2002: The West Texas Region (open access)

Texas Regional Outlook, 2002: The West Texas Region

Report on economic forecast and outlook for the West Texas Region describing expected economic change for various industries, employment growth, and county-level analyses.
Date: May 2002
Creator: Texas. Comptroller's Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Primary Care Case Management Primary Care Provider and Hospital List: West Texas, December 2011 (open access)

Primary Care Case Management Primary Care Provider and Hospital List: West Texas, December 2011

List of Primary Care Case Management program approved primary care providers, hospitals, specialists, and family planning providers, located in the West Texas area.
Date: December 2011
Creator: Primary Care Case Management
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Primary Care Case Management Primary Care Provider and Hospital List: West Texas, June 2011 (open access)

Primary Care Case Management Primary Care Provider and Hospital List: West Texas, June 2011

List of Primary Care Case Management program approved primary care providers, hospitals, specialists, and family planning providers, located in the West Texas area.
Date: June 2011
Creator: Primary Care Case Management
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Clothes-Pin. (open access)

Clothes-Pin.

Patent for a clothes-pin made of one piece of wire twisted around with a spring-clamping mechanism for holding clothes.
Date: July 9, 1907
Creator: Freeze, John A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ax Handle (open access)

Ax Handle

Patent for an ax handle. The handle is a tubular handle which also includes hingedly connected part fitting into the eye of the ax head. Illustration included.
Date: March 4, 1913
Creator: Burks, William Edward
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Canopy Support (open access)

Canopy Support

Patent for a canopy support. Illustration included.
Date: March 21, 1905
Creator: Raines, Henry & Gooch, Benjamin F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire Stretcher, Clamp, and Splicer (open access)

Wire Stretcher, Clamp, and Splicer

Patent for wire stretcher, clamp, and splicer. Illustration included.
Date: December 6, 1904
Creator: Raines, Henry
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Axle (open access)

Vehicle-Axle

Patent for improvements in axles "particularly to axles for buggies and other light vehicles." (Lines 12-13)
Date: February 19, 1907
Creator: Raines, Stephen H. & Schuessler, Amile O.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vermin-Destroyer. (open access)

Vermin-Destroyer.

Patent for a device to exterminate burrowing animals.
Date: February 10, 1903
Creator: Phillips, James M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Spring-Clamp. (open access)

Spring-Clamp.

Patent for a spring clamp "for suspending small articles -- such as towels, dishcloths, and napkins -- and which may also be employed for hanging window-curtains, portières, goods in show-windows, and similar purposes" (lines 7-12)
Date: January 6, 1903
Creator: Westbrook, Nancy Z.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Punching Machine (open access)

Punching Machine

Patent for a punching machine. Illustration included.
Date: October 4, 1904
Creator: Raines, Henry
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stump-Puller (open access)

Stump-Puller

Patent "to improve the construction of stump-pullers and to provide a simple, inexpensive, and efficient one which will possess great strength and durability and which ma be readily operated with a minimum amount of power" (lines 10-15).
Date: June 4, 1901
Creator: Bethel, Ion Maywood
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Telephone Signal (open access)

Telephone Signal

Patent for a telephone signals. This inventions is a switchboard drop of the visual signal for magneto system at a central office. Illustration included.
Date: January 8, 1907
Creator: Schuessler, Gustavus W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History