Soil map, Texas, Franklin County sheet

Map displays soil types along with creeks, rivers, towns, roads, and railroads. Includes legend and soil profiles.
Date: September 30, 1909
Creator: United States. Bureau of Soils.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Soil survey of Franklin County, Texas (open access)

Soil survey of Franklin County, Texas

Text describes climate, agriculture, and soils of Franklin County, Texas.
Date: September 30, 1909
Creator: Kocher, A. E. (Arthur E.) & Lyman, W. S.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Instrument for Dividing Angles into Equal Parts. (open access)

Instrument for Dividing Angles into Equal Parts.

Patent for an instrument for dividing angles into equal parts and is meant to be used with a beam compass. The "invention consists in a member having a point adapted to be placed at the point of the angle to be divided, and having movable thereon a beam extending horizontally and having at one end a transverse head projecting from each side of the beam and carrying at one end an indicating point and at the other end a marking pencil" (lines 22-29).
Date: April 30, 1895
Creator: Cornelius, Francis W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History