Archaeological Survey at Trophy Club, Texas (open access)

Archaeological Survey at Trophy Club, Texas

Archaeological survey results for current and proposed pad sites in Denton County, Texas.
Date: 2005
Creator: AR Consultants
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Clothes Pounder (open access)

Clothes Pounder

Patent for a new and useful improvements in Clothes-Pounders. The invention "has its object to provide a simple and effective clothes pounder in which the air as well as the water is used as an agent in removing the dirt from the clothes" (line 12- 16).
Date: November 9, 1897
Creator: Allen, William Robert
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Apparatus for Preserving Meat, &c. (open access)

Improvement in Apparatus for Preserving Meat, &c.

Patent for "an improved apparatus for use in fumigating substances used as food; and also for impregnating water with sulphurous-acid gas, for the purpose of preserving such substances by the antiseptic quality of sulphur" (lines 9-14). Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: January 15, 1878
Creator: Ames, Theodore George
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Well Bucket. (open access)

Well Bucket.

Patent for a new and improved well-bucket. This design consists in "[t]he combination of the upper bucket and the lower external bucket, the former having a central vertical tube adapted to receive the rod for operating the valve of the lower bucket, and the spring arranged around the said rod" (lines 5-10).
Date: June 23, 1885
Creator: Arnold, James S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Stretcher. (open access)

Wire-Stretcher.

Patent for a wire-stretcher meant for making barbed wire fences that is more efficient than other wire-stretchers. It has a bent plate, a split hook swiveled to the plate, a rotatable rod that goes through the plate, stretching wire that is secured to the rod, and the split hook is attached to the wire.
Date: October 9, 1894
Creator: Austin, John W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire Tightener. (open access)

Wire Tightener.

Patent for a new and improved wire-tightener. This design consists, "with a curved metallic bar having a central groove in its convex side, and aligned openings of different diameters in the sides of the groove, of the looping-pin having two tapering arms at an angle to each other and of different sizes" (lines 78-83).
Date: December 9, 1890
Creator: Austin, John W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Metal-Cutting Shears. (open access)

Metal-Cutting Shears.

Patent for simple and effective metal-cutting shears that cuts hot or cold metals. The shears are mounted on a frame, and a hand-operated lever forces the upper shear down.
Date: November 20, 1894
Creator: Autrey, Benjamin P.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Railroad Tie (open access)

Railroad Tie

Patent for an improved railroad tie. The improved railroad tie will be more resilient, with a housing made of pressed metal.
Date: November 18, 1919
Creator: Autrey, Benjamin P.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sash-Holder. (open access)

Sash-Holder.

Patent for improved sash-fasteners, which relates to sash-fasteners, the object being to furnish a simple and effective substitute for the ordinary sash weights and locks.
Date: September 13, 1881
Creator: Barb, Gustavas Henry
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Roller Baling Press. (open access)

Roller Baling Press.

Patent for improvements to a roller baling-press.
Date: March 27, 1900
Creator: Bates, Edmond Franklin
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Washing-Machine. (open access)

Washing-Machine.

Patent for a new and useful washing machine, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 6, 1900
Creator: Biggs, Daniel
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Aeroplane (open access)

Aeroplane

Patent for an improvement to aeroplanes which includes movable horizontal and vertical planes (or curtains).
Date: February 25, 1911
Creator: Blewett, Baxter W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow Slide. (open access)

Plow Slide.

Patent for a new and improved plow slide. This design consists in "[a] combination tool for use with plows, consisting of a suitable bar having one end turned upward, provided with a beveled edge at the other end, a suitable cross-strap, and having openings at the sides, and bent ends adapted to the nuts used in a plow" (lines 70-75).
Date: October 7, 1890
Creator: Bowers, Thomas Martin
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Marking a Trail :  The Quest Continues, A Centennial History of the Texas Woman's University (open access)

Marking a Trail : The Quest Continues, A Centennial History of the Texas Woman's University

This document provides information about the history of the Texas Woman's University and their centennial celebrations.
Date: 2001
Creator: Bridges, Phyllis
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Horse-Releaser (open access)

Horse-Releaser

Patent for a horse releaser. Illustrations included.
Date: November 19, 1907
Creator: Brockette, Ollie D.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Folding Wagon-Box Step (open access)

Folding Wagon-Box Step

Patent for a new and useful folding wagon-box steps. This design is to "provide a novel, simple, and safe device of the character indicated which is adapted for compact and convenient folding into a close package when not in use" (line 11-14).
Date: January 25, 1898
Creator: Brown, Marvel C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Adding-Machines. (open access)

Improvement in Adding-Machines.

Patent for an improved adding-machine design.
Date: December 7, 1875
Creator: Butt, Dennis, L. R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

Ray Roberts Lake Pre-Construction Landuse, January 1980

Map showing the area around Ray Roberts Lake in Northern Texas. It contains a color coded legend indicating a variety of geographical features.
Date: January 1980
Creator: CRSLA
Object Type: Map
System: The UNT Digital Library

Ray Roberts Lake Pre-Impoundment Landuse: [Fee Areas]

Map showing the area around Ray Roberts Lake in Northern Texas. It contains a color coded legend indicating a variety of geographical features.
Date: July 1987
Creator: CRSLA
Object Type: Map
System: The UNT Digital Library

Ray Roberts Lake Pre-Impoundment Landuse: [Project Areas]

Map showing the area around Ray Roberts Lake in Northern Texas. It contains a color coded legend indicating a variety of geographical features.
Date: July 1987
Creator: CRSLA
Object Type: Map
System: The UNT Digital Library

Ray Roberts Lake Year Six Post Impoundment Landuse, October 1993

Map showing the area around Ray Roberts Lake in Northern Texas. It contains a color coded legend indicating a variety of geographical features.
Date: October 1993
Creator: CRSLA
Object Type: Map
System: The UNT Digital Library

Ray Roberts Lake Year Ten Post Impoundment Land Use, November, 1997

Map showing the area around Ray Roberts Lake in Northern Texas. It contains a color coded legend indicating a variety of geographical features.
Date: November 1997
Creator: CRSLA
Object Type: Map
System: The UNT Digital Library
Seed Chute Valve Mechanism (open access)

Seed Chute Valve Mechanism

Patent for a new seed chute valve mechanism with illustrations and instructions.
Date: August 25, 1914
Creator: Cantrell, Isaac D.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Seed Planter. (open access)

Seed Planter.

Patent for a "seed planting machine mounted upon a wheeled frame adapted to form a furrow and drop a predetermined quantity of seed at predetermined intervals" (lines 14-19), including instructions and illustrations.
Date: August 25, 1914
Creator: Cantrell, Isaac D.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History