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Digital US Topo Maps: 7.5 Minute Series (Topographic)
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Spinning-Wheel
Patent for "an improvement in domestic spinning wheels; and it consists in the combination of parts whereby the spindle or whirl is supported from above so as to hang down within the operator's reach, and is made to constantly revolve at the same time that the whirl is moved from and toward the operator" (lines 12-19) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
June 22, 1880
Creator:
Church, Joshua G.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Balanced Piston Engine.
Patent for a new and improved balanced-piston engine. This design "relates to that class of steam or other engines which are constructed with two pistons receiving the pressure in opposite directions, each connected with cranks set at opposite positions, whereby the strain occurs simultaneously in opposite directions upon the crank-shaft and balances the same within its bearings, and thus obviates great friction on the journals and thereby economizes power" (lines 7-15).
Date:
February 15, 1881
Creator:
Peebles, William D.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Harvesters and Mowing Machines.
Patent for a new and improved attachment for harvesters and mowers. This design is "to afford means whereby a mowing or reaping machine may be enabled easily to travel over soft or marshy ground; . . . the novelty consists in a shoe proper for each driving-wheel of the machine, each shoe made of a curved piece of metal . . . and provided with a long narrow slot running lengthwise of the shoe, . . . and so adapted that under each wheel one of the shoes shall be placed in such a manner that one of the shoes shall pass through the longitudinal slot in the shoe" (lines 19-32).
Date:
June 28, 1887
Creator:
Jones, Jeremiah C. & Marshall, Sumner B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Breckenridge 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:
1890
Creator:
Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper.
Patent for improvements in cotton-choppers by using a crown-wheel attached to one of the ground-wheels of the chopper. When the ground wheels impart motion to the crown wheel, which in turn communicates motion to the pinions of the shaft. This shaft drives the two sprocket-wheels; the sprocket wheel that located in the rear portions of the crank-shaft imparts motion to the crank-shaft, which drives the vertical choppers. Illustration is included.
Date:
May 12, 1891
Creator:
Baggett, Neil Jefferson
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Albany 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:
1892
Creator:
Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Albany 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:
1893
Creator:
Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Breckenridge 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:
1897
Creator:
Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Unicycle Road and Racing Sulky.
Patent for a one-wheeled horse-drawn vehicle, with illustrations.
Date:
October 19, 1897
Creator:
Coleman, Thomas Gardner
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Shaft-Support.
Patent for improvements in harnesses through the accommodation of "varying positions of the animal with respect to the shafts or thills, so as to remove all strain from and upon the shafts and the saddle, while at the same time effectively supporting the shafts and preventing the slipping of the same up and down upon the sides of the animal."
Date:
October 26, 1897
Creator:
Coleman, Thomas Gardner
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stirrup-Spur.
Patent for a certain new and useful improvement in stirrup spurs, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
February 27, 1900
Creator:
Coleman, Thomas G.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Churn.
Patent for a churn with a construction which will prevent "access of objectionable matter to the churn-body" (lines 14-15) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
April 3, 1900
Creator:
Hargrove, Kincheon W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Albany 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:
1906
Creator:
Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Grain-Fender
Patent for a grain fender to be used as an attachment to a grain table. Illustrations included.
Date:
June 25, 1907
Creator:
Dean, George A. & Hall, Samuel E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Water Elevating and Discharge Apparatus.
Patent for an automatic water discharge apparatus for wells that can be used with the standard pulley and bucket setup.
Date:
August 27, 1907
Creator:
Harper, William L. & Harper, John H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Breckenridge 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:
1910
Creator:
Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Planter.
Patent for a planter which distributes seeds from the top of the seed hopper rather than from the bottom, allowing the operator to see that it is distributing seeds properly.
Date:
March 10, 1914
Creator:
Maddux, Jesse D.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper
Patent for a cotton chopper that can either be used independently or as an attachment to cultivators.
Date:
September 22, 1914
Creator:
Jones, Charles F. & Jones, Erastus T.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Churn-Actuating Mechanism
Patent for a churn actuated mechanism that is operated by means of a rocking chair.
Date:
October 9, 1914
Creator:
Jones, Erastus T. & Stanton, Charles H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Albany 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:
1916
Creator:
Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rail-Joint.
Patent for an improved rail joint that utilizes an interlocking system, thus eliminating the need for connections using nuts and bolts, resulting in a smoother, continuous rail.
Date:
July 17, 1917
Creator:
Luker, Luther V.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Breckenridge 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
Breckenridge 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
Boll-Weevil Exterminator.
Patent for Boll-Weevil Exterminator. Aims to provide a novel and improved apparatus for gathering the boll weevil and squares by air suction to catch insects and pests.
Date:
February 5, 1918
Creator:
Harrison, James H.; Hall, Samuel E. & Gholson, John M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History