Analyses of Coals in the United States with Descriptions of Mine and Field Samples Collected between July 1, 1904 and June 30, 1910: Part 1. -- Analyses (open access)

Analyses of Coals in the United States with Descriptions of Mine and Field Samples Collected between July 1, 1904 and June 30, 1910: Part 1. -- Analyses

From Significance and value of Analyses of Coal: "The analyses published in this report cover samples of coal collected in many different parts of the country with unusual care by experiences men, in such manner as to make them representative of extensive beds of coal."
Date: 1913
Creator: Lord, N. W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Analyses of Coals in the United States with Descriptions of Mine and Field Samples Collected between July 1, 1904 and June 30, 1910 Part 2. Descriptions of Samples (open access)

Analyses of Coals in the United States with Descriptions of Mine and Field Samples Collected between July 1, 1904 and June 30, 1910 Part 2. Descriptions of Samples

From Introduction: "This volume contains the descriptions of the samples whose analyses are published in the preceding volume, Part I of this bulletin. The descriptions have been compiled from the notebooks of the persons who collected the samples, have been condensed from accounts given in published reports of the United States Geological Survey, or have furnished by the collection themselves. Inasmuch as the descriptions represent the work of many persons during a period of six years, and inasmuch as they were recorded under widely differing conditions, they necessarily vary in fullness detail."
Date: 1913
Creator: Lord, N. W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Automatic Reversing Mechanism (open access)

Automatic Reversing Mechanism

Patent for an automatic reversing mechanism for cotton presses.
Date: April 30, 1912
Creator: Cameron, George W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lint Packing Appratus (open access)

Lint Packing Appratus

Patent for a lint packing apparatus for collecting packing lint from a gin saw. Illustrations included.
Date: September 13, 1910
Creator: Cameron, George W.; Muennink, George & Muennink, John
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plunger for Baling Presses (open access)

Plunger for Baling Presses

Patent for a plunger for baling presses. This baling press is used for the baling of cotton, hay, and similar products through the "means for mounting and actuating the ram or plunger which reciprocates in the baling chamber" (14-16) Illustration included.
Date: December 31, 1912
Creator: Cameron, George W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rope-Clamp (open access)

Rope-Clamp

Patent for a rope clamp for plungers used in cotton presses. Illustrations included.
Date: August 14, 1911
Creator: Cameron, George W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Conveying and Packing Device. (open access)

Cotton Conveying and Packing Device.

Patent for a cotton conveying and packing device for use in cotton gins.
Date: April 4, 1911
Creator: Cameron, George W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Boll-Weevil Machine. (open access)

Boll-Weevil Machine.

Patent for a pneumatic device to remove and crush boll weevils and their associated bolls on cotton plants, in the ground around cotton plants, and in the air.
Date: October 16, 1917
Creator: Jones, Henry A. & Harrell, Billington C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Press (open access)

Press

A press adapted for packing cotton (line 13).
Date: June 27, 1916
Creator: Cameron, George W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Retaining Ring. (open access)

Retaining Ring.

Patent for "a new and useful Retaining-Ring" (lines 5-6), including illustrations.
Date: March 13, 1917
Creator: Hornburg, Charles A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Shock Absorber (open access)

Shock Absorber

Patent for shock absorbers.
Date: November 28, 1916
Creator: Hornburg, Charles A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pencil Sharpener and Holder. (open access)

Pencil Sharpener and Holder.

Patent for a device that is a pencil sharpener and a pencil holder, which can clip onto a coat pocket. The device is made from a small amount of sheet metal.
Date: June 27, 1916
Creator: Brucks, William Joseph
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Air Intake Device. (open access)

Air Intake Device.

Patent for an air intake device for automobiles and other internal combustion engines. Provides novel and improved heated air supply for carburetors during cold weather. Adjustable to admit unheated air in various proportions according to the air temperature and weather.
Date: January 29, 1918
Creator: Hornburg, C.A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Spout for Railroad Water Tanks (open access)

Spout for Railroad Water Tanks

Patent for improvements to railroad water tank spouts which allow for valve shut-off. The valve shut-off function controls the flow of water by suction force into the spout which will prevent wasting water.
Date: August 13, 1918
Creator: Metzger, Frederick
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Foot-Rail and Tonneau Truck Attachment for Passenger-Cars. (open access)

Foot-Rail and Tonneau Truck Attachment for Passenger-Cars.

Patent for "an attachment for use within the tonneau of a passenger automobile" (lines 9-10) which includes a space-efficient foot rest "which can be utilized as a support for one end portion of a supplemental platform employed in the back portion of the tonneau when the vehicle is to be used for delivery services" (lines 12-16) including illustration.
Date: June 11, 1918
Creator: Balmos, Edward J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Insect-Destroyer (open access)

Insect-Destroyer

Patent for an insect destroyer in the form of an oven that can be placed on the ground in the rows between plants to kill insects. This machine has an added benefit of killing weeds, as well.
Date: February 5, 1918
Creator: Cameron, George W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Work-Holder (open access)

Work-Holder

Patent for a work holder used to hold securely hold a bolt, rivet or the like against movement. The work holder is used in combination with a work bench, and contains perforations to receive a variety of sizes of bolt and rivet.
Date: September 19, 1918
Creator: Peters, Edwards Mathias
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History