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Gainesville 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:
1914
Creator:
Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Churn.
Patent for a churn that employs a reciprocating dasher in order to improve all parts of the churn and its operating mechanism.
Date:
October 11, 1911
Creator:
Edwards, Henry L. & Perkins, William A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Smoke-Consumer and Vaporizer.
Patent for a combined smoke-consumer and vaporizer that increases fuel efficiency in furnaces.
Date:
January 9, 1912
Creator:
Davis, Othman
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Carbid-Feed Valve
Patent for carbid-feed valve for acetylene generators whose improved form allows for balanced feeding whether closed or open.
Date:
January 14, 1913
Creator:
Ballard, John S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stalk-Cutter
Patent for a stalk cutter. Illustrations included.
Date:
September 5, 1911
Creator:
Scott, Oscar F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stalk-Chopper
Patent for a stalk cutter. Illustrations included.
Date:
September 24, 1912
Creator:
Scott, Oscar Franklin
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Spigot
Patent for a spigot that attaches to barrels and vats filled with liquids such as alcohol or acid that indicates the amount left in the barrel and can be locked closed.
Date:
July 23, 1912
Creator:
Herblin, William Leonard
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Spring Top-Support for Vehicles
Patent for a spring top support for buggies and other vehicles that can be used on vehicles of various sizes.
Date:
August 6, 1912
Creator:
Schad, Frank X.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Flying Machine
Patent for a flying machine. Illustrations included.
Date:
April 4, 1911
Creator:
Love, James L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railway Joint
Patent for a railway joint. This invention consists "of a rail joint which is provided with a novel locking means whereby the fish plates will be held in engagement with the meeting ends of a pair of rails preventing any undesired disconnection of the latter" (lines 12-16). Illustrations included.
Date:
February 11, 1913
Creator:
Cole, Henry J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Device for Teaching Penmanship.
Patent for a device for teaching penmanship, which can be adjusted to fit different hand sizes.
Date:
October 11, 1910
Creator:
Smith, Sidney R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Can Spout.
Patent for "new and useful improvements in stoppers and discharge spouts for cans, or receptacles more particularly to cans employed in shipping kerosene oil, cotton seed oil, turpentine syrups and various other liquids." (lines 10-15).
Date:
March 25, 1913
Creator:
Herblin, William Leonard
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Balling-Compress.
Patent for balling press that provides a compress for pressing bales of cotton, including illustrations.
Date:
July 7, 1914
Creator:
Mikeal, Isham
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wagon Tongue Support
Patent for improvements to wagon tongue supports. "Spring supporting device which can be quickly and easily moved into position to support the tongue or move out of position to permit the tongue to be lowered to the ground." (15-19)
Date:
January 11, 1916
Creator:
Cole, William J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Latch
Patent for a "latch of strong and durable construction, designed principally for use in connection with the end gate fastener."
Date:
June 9, 1914
Creator:
Nichols, George Thomas
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Warehouse Truck
Patent for improving hand truck, aiming to increase the carrying capacity of the truck.
Date:
May 30, 1916
Creator:
Dickson, Braxton B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stalk-Cutter.
Patent for a vertically adjustable machine that "reduces liability to clog" (line 18) and reduce clogging.
Date:
June 1, 1914
Creator:
Scott, Oscar F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stalk-Chopper.
Patent for stalk-choppers related to the type employed by "superimposed horizontal cutters" (lines 13-14) including an illustration and description.
Date:
January 6, 1914
Creator:
Scott, Oscar Franklin
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
End Gate Fastener.
Patent for an end gate for a wagon or other vehicle that will be easier to open and won't easily come loose, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
September 15, 1914
Creator:
Nichols, George T.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
End Gate Fastener
Patent for improvements to end gate fasteners to improve removal, and provide a simple, well constructed end gate fastener, including illustrations.
Date:
June 5, 1913
Creator:
Nichols, George Thomas
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
End Gate Fastener
Patent for a new End-Gate Fastener, accompanied by several illustrations of form and function. Specific claims to the End-Gate Fastener include: transverse rods designed to mount device for easy removable and replacement of device on wagons, transverse rods designed for sliding to connect rods inside a wagon or door, associated rods which can be used to restrict outward movement of rods in the fastener when placed under tensions, and the combination of the wagon body with the end gate once the fastener as been installed.
Date:
July 29, 1915
Creator:
Nichols, George Thomas
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Show-Case.
Patent for "a case for displaying vegetables, fruits, nuts and other commodities, and which shall be sanitary and ventilated" (lines 12-14), including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 23, 1915
Creator:
Huston, William E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bill-Posting Blanking Device.
Patent for bill-posting blanking device for applying strips of paper to bill-boards.
Date:
November 20, 1917
Creator:
Gallia, Paul
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Broom Rack
Patent for a Broom-Rack
Date:
July 9, 1918
Creator:
Horn, Jacob S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History