Counterbalancing Device for Pumps. (open access)

Counterbalancing Device for Pumps.

Patent for a counterbalancing device for windmill pumps, which reduces friction and lateral pull on the pump.
Date: March 9, 1909
Creator: Cotten, Charles Kavendor
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Molding Hollow Concrete Walls (open access)

Apparatus for Molding Hollow Concrete Walls

Patent for an apparatus that is a mold for crafting hollow concrete walls. Illustration included.
Date: December 21, 1909
Creator: Nelson, William E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

Hayrick 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: 1909
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ice-Cream Freezer (open access)

Ice-Cream Freezer

Patent for an ice cream freezer that may also be used as an egg beater or a churn. Illustrations included.
Date: June 15, 1909
Creator: Moon, Richard Davis
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Spring-Motor (open access)

Spring-Motor

Patent for a motor used to operate light machinery such as sewing machines using spring power. Illustrations included.
Date: September 28, 1909
Creator: O'Bannon, William H. & Field, James M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Powder-Ejector (open access)

Powder-Ejector

Patent for a vaginal powder ejector. Illustrations included.
Date: September 28, 1909
Creator: Sands, William Walter
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Railroad Joint (open access)

Railroad Joint

Patent for a railroad joint. Illustration included.
Date: August 17, 1909
Creator: Coupland, David B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History