Soil survey of Ellis County, Texas (open access)

Soil survey of Ellis County, Texas

Text describes climate, agriculture, and soils of Ellis County, Texas.
Date: October 13, 1911
Creator: Bennett, Frank; Burke, R. T. (Richard Thomas Avon) & Lounsbury, Clarence
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

Soil map, Texas, Ellis County sheet

Map displays soil types along with creeks, lakes, rivers, ferries, roads, railroads, towns, and schools. Shows numbered sections. Includes legend and soil profiles.
Date: October 13, 1911
Creator: United States. Bureau of Soils.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Binding Grain (open access)

Machine for Binding Grain

Patent for improvement in machines for binding grain for reapers.
Date: February 13, 1875
Creator: Tucker, Argyle W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvment in Cotton-Presses. (open access)

Improvment in Cotton-Presses.

Patent for the improvement in pressing cotton, hay, and tobacco with moveable bale-boxes and a more rapid-working press, including illustration.
Date: March 13, 1860
Creator: McCray, Thomas H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Steam-Engine. (open access)

Steam-Engine.

Patent for "steam-engines of the reciprocating type, the purpose being to simplify the construction, reduce the number of working parts, economize in fuel, and to utilize the steam so as to obtain a maximum percentage of power therefrom." (line 8-13) instructions and illustrations included.
Date: February 13, 1906
Creator: Murphy, Joseph F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Telephone-Lighting System. (open access)

Telephone-Lighting System.

Patent for an invention as specified relates to new and useful improvements in telephone lighting systems for the purpose of providing lamps on subscribers' telephones arranged.
Date: October 13, 1914
Creator: Boze, James A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Traction-Engine. (open access)

Traction-Engine.

Patent for a new and useful traction engine, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: June 13, 1899
Creator: Chappel, John M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mail Crane (open access)

Mail Crane

Patent for a mail crane. This invention is designed "for instantly shifting the bag or pouch holding arms of the crane" (line 17-18). Illustration included.
Date: December 13, 1904
Creator: Hardwick, Robert L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Quilting-Frame. (open access)

Quilting-Frame.

Patent for a new and useful quilting frame, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: June 13, 1899
Creator: Phillips, William Manson
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Quilting Attachment for Sewing-Machines. (open access)

Quilting Attachment for Sewing-Machines.

Patent for "an attachment which can be applied to the table of a sewing-machine and removed therefrom at a moment's notice and which can be taken apart when required and reduced to a small package for the purpose of storing or placing aside when not required for immediate use." (Lines 10-16) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: April 13, 1897
Creator: King, James E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History