Apparatus for Forming Gun Barrels. (open access)

Apparatus for Forming Gun Barrels.

Patent for an apparatus for forming gun barrels that twists a sheet of metal into a tube for the gun barrel at a slight angle, while slightly flattening the tube into an oval shape. This method is supposed to create ribs within the gun barrel.
Date: September 10, 1917
Creator: Cole, William F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Rotary Weighing-scale. (open access)

Automatic Rotary Weighing-scale.

Patent for an automatically rotating scale for weighing material such as cotton seeds.
Date: September 28, 1920
Creator: Henderson, Robert L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Watering Plants (open access)

Apparatus for Watering Plants

Patent for improvements in plant-watering apparatuses by inventor Elton F. Reid.
Date: September 10, 1918
Creator: Reid, Elton F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automobile-Cooling System (open access)

Automobile-Cooling System

Patent for an improvement to the cooling system of the internal combustion engine of an automobile. "The object of the invention being to provide an improved cooling system of this kind which embodies means for cooling the circulatory water in the radiator by forcing air therethrough and also embodies means for directly cooling the engine by subjecting the same to the action of a blast of air."
Date: September 3, 1918
Creator: Goodwin, Thomas J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Method of Irrigating Plants (open access)

Method of Irrigating Plants

Patent for irrigating plants, trees, shrubs, or others alike by pinpointing where the root has the most moisture to be readily taken up.
Date: September 10, 1918
Creator: Reid, F. Elton
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hair-Clipper. (open access)

Hair-Clipper.

Patent for hair clips that have a protector that prevents the clip from digging into the skin or hair.
Date: September 7, 1920
Creator: Nicosia, Vincent
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Tenth Court of Appeals Annual Financial Report: 2016 (open access)

Texas Tenth Court of Appeals Annual Financial Report: 2016

Annual financial report of the Texas Tenth Court of Appeals documenting income, expenditures, and other relevant financial information for fiscal year 2016.
Date: September 29, 2016
Creator: Texas. Court of Appeals (10th)
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Tenth Court of Appeals Annual Financial Report: 2017 (open access)

Texas Tenth Court of Appeals Annual Financial Report: 2017

Annual financial report of the Texas Tenth Court of Appeals documenting income, expenditures, and other relevant financial information for fiscal year 2017.
Date: September 29, 2017
Creator: Texas. Court of Appeals (10th)
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Method of Making Electrotype Embossing-Dies (open access)

Method of Making Electrotype Embossing-Dies

Patent for a new method of embossing woven materials (such as lace) onto paper using electrotyping.
Date: September 21, 1915
Creator: Evins, Dossa D.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Animal-Trap. (open access)

Animal-Trap.

Patent for a "self-setting" (line 16) trap with a "tilting platform" (line 17) including an illustration. The trap is designed to retain the animal and is made for easy removal of the animal.
Date: September 9, 1913
Creator: Trull, Harvey L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator-Hobble (open access)

Cultivator-Hobble

Patent for an improved cultivator hobble, including illustrations.
Date: September 25, 1917
Creator: Hackfeld, John H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Regional Outlook, 2002: Central Texas Region (open access)

Texas Regional Outlook, 2002: Central Texas Region

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

Lock Mortiser

Patent for a lock mortiser. The object of this invention "is to provide a light, portable machine arranged to be clamped to the work piece, so that the lock mortise as well as the key hole and the bolt opening may be conveniently cut with one adjustable of the machine" (lines 11-15). Illustrations included.
Date: September 13, 1910
Creator: New, Luke Mosely
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Milk-Cooler. (open access)

Milk-Cooler.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in milk coolers, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 19, 1899
Creator: Cowan, Mark L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Milk-Cooler. (open access)

Milk-Cooler.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in milk coolers, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 19, 1899
Creator: Cowan, Mark L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Explosive-Engine (open access)

Explosive-Engine

Patent for an explosive engine that has a reduced risk of backfiring.
Date: September 3, 1912
Creator: Schaffer, William Alexander
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gate-Fastener (open access)

Gate-Fastener

Patent for latches for swinging gates. Illustrations included.
Date: September 17, 1912
Creator: Pochyla, Adolph A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
End Gate For Wagons (open access)

End Gate For Wagons

Patent for and end gate for wagons. Illustration included.
Date: September 25, 1906
Creator: Winans, Myron L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Portable Folding Mirror-Stand. (open access)

Portable Folding Mirror-Stand.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements portable folding mirror stands, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 27, 1898
Creator: Lane, Sophie A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator (open access)

Cultivator

Patent for cultivator. Illustrations included.
Date: September 20, 1904
Creator: Harper, Robert L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Engine. (open access)

Rotary Engine.

Patent for a new and improved rotary engine, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 27, 1898
Creator: Walker, James C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Engine. (open access)

Rotary Engine.

Patent for a rotary steam engine, which allows the piston to move more freely in the engine.
Date: September 17, 1907
Creator: Walker, James C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Engine. (open access)

Rotary Engine.

Patent for a new and improved rotary engine, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 27, 1898
Creator: Walker, James C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Horse-Releaser (open access)

Horse-Releaser

Patent for a horse releaser that allows the quick removal of horses from a vehicle in case of an emergency.
Date: September 10, 1912
Creator: Burleson, James R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History