Account-Book. (open access)

Account-Book.

Patent for improvements in account books to "facilitate the identification of pass books and to expedite the keeping of accounts by enabling the cashier, or bookkeeper, or other clerk concerned, to readily identify the book of the depositor or other owner and thereby more readily post the entries from one book to another in keeping accounts" (lines 16-22); includes illustration.
Date: August 28, 1917
Creator: Exline, Marcus, P.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Acetylene-Gas Generator. (open access)

Acetylene-Gas Generator.

Patent for an improve to a Gas-Generator by controlling the liquid for decomposing the carbid in acetylene, by doing this the generation of gas is monitored and the waste of gas will not occur. This is an improvement to the Gas-Generator, this construct will have an automatic cut-off for the liquid-supply.
Date: August 25, 1903
Creator: Summerfield, John
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Acetylene-Gas Generator (open access)

Acetylene-Gas Generator

Makes gas generators more automatic making them less dangerous and less likely to cause an explosion.
Date: August 25, 1903
Creator: Summerfield, John
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Headlight For Vehicles. (open access)

Adjustable Headlight For Vehicles.

Patent for a vertically moving headlight so that the driver can aim light toward the direction in which they are traveling. The headlight is meant to be durable and easy to build.
Date: August 4, 1914
Creator: Gray, Charles B. & Teter, William E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Rack for Railway-Cars. (open access)

Adjustable Rack for Railway-Cars.

Patent for improvements on racks in railway-cars including more storage for smaller items, an adjustable rack for children or elderly persons to be able to reach without needing to stand on the car seat, a titled hinge that allows a rack to be pulled for ward and pushed back, and other improvements.
Date: August 2, 1898
Creator: Butler, Michael
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Aerating Churn (open access)

Aerating Churn

Patent for aerating churn. This design of churn is designed to aerate milk as it churns. Illustration included.
Date: August 1, 1905
Creator: O'Neall, James M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Airship. (open access)

Airship.

Patent for improved airship design involving the containment of gas in an envelop and the passage of gas through multiple compartments with the purpose of facilitating, "steering or repairing of the machine." (line 17) including illustrations.
Date: August 13, 1918
Creator: Rainey, James E. J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Amusement Apparatus (open access)

Amusement Apparatus

Patent for a fishing game for amusement parks which has a canal of liquid agitated to form a current with pictures of fish in it that when caught get the person fishing different prizes depending on the symbol they have on them.
Date: August 10, 1909
Creator: Pressey, Charles A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Amusement Device (open access)

Amusement Device

Patent for an amusement device. Illustrations included.
Date: August 13, 1912
Creator: Dougherty, James P. & Beeman, Mark
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Burning Garbage, &c. (open access)

Apparatus for Burning Garbage, &c.

Patent for an improved apparatus for burning refuse and consists of a roasting chamber, a garbage grate, grates that slope and carry the product away after combustion, flues that open above the grates, and the wall partly closes on one end to let the products away after combustion.
Date: August 22, 1893
Creator: Garretson, William H. & Tainter, Silas B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Chilling and Whitening Lard Compounds (open access)

Apparatus for Chilling and Whitening Lard Compounds

Patent for an apparatus for chilling and whitening lard compounds that produces stiffer lard.
Date: August 27, 1912
Creator: Humphreys, Jerome N.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Separating Substances of Different Dielectric Capacities. (open access)

Apparatus for Separating Substances of Different Dielectric Capacities.

Patent for an apparatus for separating substances of different dielectric capacities; the objective of this invention is to provide means for the material to be separated into its component particles for the purpose of producing material of dielectric hysteric impedance and collecting the separated particles according to the difference in time that the particles maintain their polarity due to the impedance generated from them.
Date: August 2, 1921
Creator: Sutton, Henry M.; Steele, Walter L. & Steele, Edwin G.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Baling-Press (open access)

Automatic Baling-Press

Patent for an automatic hay baling press which has more packing devices for feeding the hay into the press than previous versions.
Date: August 3, 1909
Creator: Rahm, Robert E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Cotton Elevator and Distributer. (open access)

Automatic Cotton Elevator and Distributer.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in automatic cotton elevators and distributes, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: August 6, 1898
Creator: Wheeler, Houston J
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Piano (open access)

Automatic Piano

Patent for an automatic piano that can play longer and is more compact than previous models.
Date: August 15, 1911
Creator: Stauffer, Floyd F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Awning Bracket. (open access)

Awning Bracket.

Patent for a new and improved awning bracket. This design "relates to awning-brackets of that class which are secured to the wall of the building over the sidewalk, and secure themselves without the use of posts, &c. The invention has for its object to provide a self-sustaining bracket possessing superior advantages in point of simplicity, inexpensiveness, durability, and general efficiency" (lines 9-16).
Date: August 14, 1883
Creator: Rodgers, Ranzil H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press (open access)

Baling-Press

Patent for baling-press to press bales of cotton into rectangular bales including illustrations.
Date: August 14, 1900
Creator: Taylor, George
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bank Register and Remittance Sheet (open access)

Bank Register and Remittance Sheet

Patent for a bank register and remittance sheet. Illustration included.
Date: August 23, 1904
Creator: Exline, Marcus P. & Bourke, Edmund
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling. (open access)

Car-Coupling.

Patent for an improved, simple, and efficient car coupling that is reliable and automatically couples cars together. The invention provides "a car-coupling which will not necessitate persons going between cars, and which will, should a car be overturned, become automatically uncoupled to prevent a derailed car dragging others after it down an embankment" (lines 16-20).
Date: August 15, 1893
Creator: Hausam, Daniel Whitfield
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

Cedar Hill State Park: North

This is an illustrated map of the camp grounds at Cedar Hill State Park - North located near the town of Cedar Hill in Dallas County, Texas. The shows the location of all the camping sites in the park. Added is a legend that shows the location of all the parks amenities.
Date: August 2004
Creator: Texas. Parks and Wildlife Department.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cedar Hill State Park [Rack Card] (open access)

Cedar Hill State Park [Rack Card]

Card advertising Cedar Hill State Park with brief descriptive information and a summary of activities, facilities, and other features of the location.
Date: August 2015
Creator: Texas. Parks and Wildlife Department.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History

Ceder Hill State Park - South

This is a map of the camp grounds at Cedar Hill State Park - South located in the City of Ceder Hill, Texas. The map shows the locations of all the camping sites in the park. Included is a legend that provides all the locations of the parks amenities.
Date: August 2004
Creator: Texas. Parks and Wildlife Department.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cement-Block Mold. (open access)

Cement-Block Mold.

Patent for a cement block molding machine, which can produce many blocks in a short amount of time.
Date: August 2, 1910
Creator: Jordan, James T.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Check Book (open access)

Check Book

Patent for a check book. This inventions improves upon removable covers for check books.
Date: August 18, 1903
Creator: Exline, Marcus P.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History