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Automatic Signal System
Patent for an automatic signal system for use with railways. Illustrations included.
Date:
December 14, 1909
Creator:
Adams, Powell O.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Emergency Rail-Brake.
Patent for "a new and improved emergency rail-brake" (lines 1-5).
Date:
January 16, 1906
Creator:
Adams, Powell O.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rail-Joint.
Patent for a rail joint, which is long lasting and rigid.
Date:
September 13, 1910
Creator:
Adams, Powell O.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rail-Joint.
Patent for improvements to the joints for railway rails to prevent "bumping of the wheels against the ends of rails and the cross ties adjacent to the joints" (lines 16-18) including illustrations.
Date:
January 21, 1908
Creator:
Adams, Powell O.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railway-Crossing
Patent for crossings for railway tracks and particularly to means for closing the cut in the rails made for the flanges of the wheels, and the object is to provide sliding members which can be easily operated to close the slot or cut in the crossing rails for the flanges of the wheels so that a continuous tread will be formed for every wheel that passes over the crossing and to provide a mechanism for the tracks.
Date:
March 30, 1909
Creator:
Adams, Powell O.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railway-Crossing.
Patent for a railway crossing track, which does not jar the train's wheels as it passes over the crossing.
Date:
November 17, 1908
Creator:
Adams, Powell O.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pneumatic Rail-Brake.
Patent for a pneumatic rail brake, which operates automatically to prevent derailment.
Date:
March 30, 1909
Creator:
Adams, Powell Orgain
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rail-Joint.
Patent for a rail joint, which is rigid and locks in place.
Date:
September 13, 1910
Creator:
Adams, Powell Orgain
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wrench.
Patent for a new and useful improvement in monkey-wrenches to "provide an improved construction of the same whereby the clamping-jaws may be quickly and readily adjusted to the nut or tap which is to be engaged thereby" (line 19-23).
Date:
December 28, 1897
Creator:
Antony, Edwin Le Roy
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow Cultivator and Irrigator.
Patent for an underground irrigating plow that consists of a draft bar, crank arms, plow beams that front ends swivel on the crank arms, a ratchet rod with chain spools, a ratchet lever that is attached to the ratchet rod, chains that are attached to the plow beams and the spools, braces that are attached to the crank arms, and a double-tree.
Date:
April 25, 1893
Creator:
Askew, Joseph W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Dumping-Platforms.
Patent for a new cart-loader design "for dumping earth into carts or other receptacles" (lines 13-14), including illustrations.
Date:
February 11, 1873
Creator:
Atkinson, Jesse.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Evaluation of Water Resources in Part of Central Texas
Report studying the central Texas region's water resources, with notes that there has been rapid decline and contamination in the area. The aquifer is also being used faster than it can naturally replenish.
Date:
January 1990
Creator:
Baker, Bernard; Duffin, Gail; Flores, Robert & Lynch, Tad
Object Type:
Report
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wagon Brake.
Patent for a new and improved wagon brake. This design consists "[i]n a wagon-brake, the combination of the lever, provided with a pawl having the heel, the ratchet-wheel, and the catch, having the projecting portion . . . [and] a break-lever provided with a brake-lock, the ratchet-wheel, [and] barrel connected to the cord by a brake-lever (lines 92-100).
Date:
August 25, 1885
Creator:
Barmore, Albert King
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Calf and Cow Weaner.
Patent for calf and cow weaner.
Date:
August 21, 1917
Creator:
Bauer, John T.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Blacksmith's Tongs
Patent for blacksmith's tongs. Used to handle and manipulate different sizes of rods and bars that are round.
Date:
April 16, 1918
Creator:
Beacham, Charles M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Riding-Saddle
Patent for a riding saddle.
Date:
May 5, 1903
Creator:
Beckerman, Fred John
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Quilting-Frame
Patent for improved quilting frame which may be set up easily, and folded down and stored when not in use. Additionally, the improved design provides for fabric to be secured on all sides, and for the operator to adjust the angle of the fabric.
Date:
July 10, 1906
Creator:
Berglund, John M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Regional Water Plan: Region G (Brazos), 2016, Volume 1. Executive Summary and Regional Water Plan
Water plan for Region G (Brazos) describing water resources and suppliers for the area, usage statistics and forecasts, water needs, water supply plans for each county and city, recommended water management strategies, drought response plans, and the plan creation process.
Date:
December 2015
Creator:
Brazos G Water Planning Group
Object Type:
Report
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Regional Water Plan: Region G (Brazos), 2016, Volume II. Identification, Evaluation, and Selection of Water Management Strategies
Volume II of the Water plan for Region G (Brazos) including water management strategies, water conservation methods, wastewater reuse, new reservoirs, expansion of use of certain water sources, and water supply recommendations and projects.
Date:
December 2015
Creator:
Brazos G Water Planning Group
Object Type:
Report
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Tug Attachments for Harness.
Patent for improving the tug-harness attachments on a horse harness to better lock straps in place.
Date:
January 23, 1877
Creator:
Brodnax, David W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Rotary Spade-Cultivators
Patent for a rotary spade-cultivator that is secured to a frame, which is attached to the rear of a vehicle.
Date:
December 7, 1875
Creator:
Brodnax, David W., Sr.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Scoop.
Patent for a simple and inexpensive cotton scoop and is "adapted to have its tines yield to facilitate its insertion in a mass of cotton" (lines 13-14).
Date:
April 18, 1893
Creator:
Brown, William C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hay-Press Power.
Patent for "new and useful improvements in Baling-Presses" (lines 1-5) including illustrations and explanations.
Date:
January 2, 1906
Creator:
Bryant, Warren S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper.
Patent for a new cotton chopper that improves on previous models to build them better, give a cheap and good model that can be adjusted while moving it around, adjust how deep it wants to go and to the environment. Other goals are to create a cotton chopper that can be a good rotary harrow that can clean what it calls a row, deals with unwanted growth, and that can work after seeds have been sown.
Date:
May 5, 1914
Creator:
Carroll, Oscar Bruce
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History