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Temple 2-C Quadrangle
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 1:48000
Date:
1924
Creator:
Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Waco 3-d Quadrangle
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 1:48000
Date:
1924
Creator:
Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Waco 4-c Quadrangle
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 1:48000
Date:
1924
Creator:
Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Geology and Mineral Resources of McLennan County
Report published in a scientific bulletin, describing the geology and mineral resources that reside in McLennan county.
Date:
October 23, 1923
Creator:
Adkins, W. S.
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lawn-Mower Sharpener.
Patent for a new device that improves lawn mower sharpeners, including illustrations. It is a detachable device that attaches directly to the lawn mower and sharpens the blades while in use.
Date:
October 17, 1922
Creator:
Lancaster, Edmund Banning
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hair Clipper
Patent for improving structure of clipper forming co-pending application Serial No. 469,842. Simplifying manufacturing and adding other features.
Date:
May 23, 1922
Creator:
Monroe, Collier
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hair Clipper.
Patent for hair clippers that simplifies construction, reduces vibration, and improves efficiency.
Date:
May 16, 1922
Creator:
Monroe, Collier
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Universal Household Grater.
Patent for a new universal grater which eliminates the risk of injury the user may gain from grating materials.
Date:
April 4, 1922
Creator:
Lambdin, William McKendree
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ice-Holding Device.
Patent for a device to hold ice upon running-boards of vehicles (lines 10-11.) This device is flexible in use (it can be pulled up to reveal the ice, and put back out of the way), simple in design, and cheap to construct.
Date:
March 21, 1922
Creator:
Barton, Warren D.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automobile Block.
Patent for improvements to automobile blocks, specifically employed for pulling automobiles from muddy or other places where the power of the car cannot be utilized. The patent is for a small, portable device that can be conveniently carried in the vehicle.
Date:
January 17, 1922
Creator:
Schaudies, Charles E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lock.
Patent for lock that is stronger when locked due to its unique structure and requires special knowledge to use, making it more secure against intruders.
Date:
October 4, 1921
Creator:
McGill, Wisdom
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tool-Handle.
Patent for a hammer handle with an inner reinforcing plate which is strong and slightly flexible, so as to "be practically unbreakable" (lines 25-26) and "afford the necessary yielding action or spring to avoid jarring the hands of the operator while in use" (lines 26-29). Application of the design principle to other similar tools, such as "hatchets, axes, shovels, spades, hoes, etc." (lines 22-23), is also suggested.
Date:
August 23, 1921
Creator:
Johnson, George T.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plaiting-Machine.
Patent for a machine that folds or plaits cloth in the desired style.
Date:
August 16, 1921
Creator:
Odle, Ophelia & Odle, Leo Estelle
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rock-Drill
Patent for a rock drill design for quick drilling.
Date:
August 16, 1921
Creator:
Alford, Allen
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ironing-Board.
Patent for an ironing board that has no legs or braces, but is securely held and provided with a cabinet that can be attached to the side of a wall or built into a wall to not take up space in the room by being placed out. Makes for easier ironing of garments, such as dresses and skirts, by allowing them to be inserted on the board.
Date:
July 12, 1921
Creator:
Trammell, Earl, M. & Carothers, Willam C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hair-Clipper.
Patent for "certain new and useful Improvements" (line 6) in the Hair Clipper, concerning the introduction of more efficient "double-acting clippers" (line 12), including illustrations.
Date:
April 26, 1921
Creator:
Jones, Sidney P. & Wallace, David P.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Saw-Table Gage.
Patent for a saw-table cutting stop that can be very quickly set and which automatically indicates the distance from the stop to the saw.
Date:
April 19, 1921
Creator:
Krocker, Adolf G.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tractor
Patent for an improved tractor where the "propelling force is delivered through traction blocks...(lines 11-12)."
Date:
March 22, 1921
Creator:
Aerl, Van Vivian
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Steering Gear Stabilizer
Patent for a steering gear stabilizer for car steering wheels. Intent of gear is to keep steering wheel from getting out of the driver's hands when going over rough terrain.
Date:
January 25, 1921
Creator:
Hornburg, Charles A
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Temple 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:
1921
Creator:
Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Waco 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:
1921
Creator:
Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Curtain for Vehicles.
Patent for side roll curtains on foldable automobile tops. The invention's aim is to fit multiple sizes of vehicle tops and be able to be raised and lowered easily without interfering with the the vehicle top's folding function.
Date:
November 9, 1920
Creator:
Schwarz, Henry W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Rotary Weighing-scale.
Patent for an automatically rotating scale for weighing material such as cotton seeds.
Date:
September 28, 1920
Creator:
Henderson, Robert L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hair-Clipper.
Patent for hair clips that have a protector that prevents the clip from digging into the skin or hair.
Date:
September 7, 1920
Creator:
Nicosia, Vincent
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History