Revolving Target. (open access)

Revolving Target.

Patent for "a revolving target of improved and simplified construction" (lines 15-17), with instructions and illustrations.
Date: October 5, 1886
Creator: Adams, William H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Water-Cooler. (open access)

Water-Cooler.

Patent for an improved water-cooler by wrapping the outer surface of a water container with two layers of fabric; an imperforate projection–tube from a supplemental water reservoir arranged above the water container would moist the inner layer fabric and maintain its moisture; where the outer layer fabric prevents the water forcing through, thus keeping the water cool, illustration is included.
Date: February 3, 1891
Creator: Beacham, Alexander Thacher
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stamp and Envelope Moistener. (open access)

Stamp and Envelope Moistener.

Patent for a new and improved moistener for stamps and envelopes. This design "is to provide apparatus for moistening stamps and adhesive envelopes; and it consists in certain improvements in that class of stamp-moisteners in which a roller carrying an endless belt of cloth is journaled on a box or a cup containing water, into which the endless band projects" (lines 8-14).
Date: August 5, 1884
Creator: Beaumont, David Greenleaf
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Animal Shears. (open access)

Animal Shears.

Patent for new and improved animal shears. This design calls for a spring with eyes at the ends so that the handles of individual blades may be inserted through them. Then, nuts fasten the individual blades to the spring, which makes sharpening easier and breakage less likely.
Date: February 22, 1881
Creator: Benavides, Cristobal & Arthur, Joshua P.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Regional Water Plan: Region M (Rio Grande), 2016, Volume 2. Appendices (open access)

Regional Water Plan: Region M (Rio Grande), 2016, Volume 2. Appendices

Appendices for water plan for Region M including recommended and not recommended water management strategies, model drought and water conservation plans, survey data, and related reports on different areas of the water plan.
Date: December 1, 2015
Creator: Black & Veatch
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Regional Water Plan: Region M (Rio Grande), Volume 1. Executive Summary and Regional Water Plan (open access)

Regional Water Plan: Region M (Rio Grande), Volume 1. Executive Summary and Regional Water Plan

Water plan for Region M (Rio Grande) describing water resources and suppliers in the area, usage statistics and forecasts, water needs, water management strategies, drought response plans, financing for the plan, and the process of creating the plan.
Date: December 1, 2015
Creator: Black & Veatch
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combination Tool (open access)

Combination Tool

Patent for a combination tool. This invention combines tools for a variety uses and box to hold small items. Illustration included.
Date: July 14, 1903
Creator: Brunl, Louis
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Irrigating Apparatus. (open access)

Irrigating Apparatus.

Patent for a new and improved irrigation apparatus. This design "pertains to improvements in irrigating apparatus, having for its object to prevent the choking or obstructing of the nozzle and to effect the proper distribution of the water; and it consists of the combination and construction of parts" (lines 13-18).
Date: May 27, 1884
Creator: Chisholm, William R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Crate. (open access)

Crate.

Patent for a fruit and vegetable crate that is collapsable to facilitate transportation, and has strong corners to enable heavy usage.
Date: August 29, 1922
Creator: Cobb, J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Blind Stop. (open access)

Blind Stop.

Patent for a new and improved blind-stop. This design is "to provide a cheap and simple device designed to be secured to a window-casing and be interposed between any two adjacent pivoted slats, and thus support the same and the series in an open position and against accidental closing by their own weight or by the wind" (lines 9-16). It consists in the "holder for slats of blinds, consisting of a spring-metal strip bent at its center to form an eye and opposite terminals, the latter being adapted to be interposed between two adjacent slats, and the ends of the terminals oppositely bent" (lines 72-77).
Date: April 19, 1892
Creator: Deats, Wallen S. & Brown, Daniel
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Records of Wells, Water Levels, Pumpage and Chemical Analyses of Water from the Carizzo Aquifer in the Winter Garden Area, Texas, 1970 through 1977 (open access)

Records of Wells, Water Levels, Pumpage and Chemical Analyses of Water from the Carizzo Aquifer in the Winter Garden Area, Texas, 1970 through 1977

Updates records in the ground-water pumpage,water level monitoring programs and continues the water quality monitoring program.
Date: September 1980
Creator: Elder, Glenward R.; Duffin, Gail L. & Rodriguez, Eulogio, Jr.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Electric Battery. (open access)

Electric Battery.

Patent for a new and improved electric battery. This design consists "[i]n an electric generator, a receptacle for steam, and means for admitting steam thereto, in combination with electrodes consisting of two parallel disks suspended within said steam-receptacle, electrodes of opposite polarity to the aforesaid electrodes arranged between the disks of the first-named electrodes, a shaft extending through the said receptacle upon which the latter electrodes are mounted, and means for rotating the said shaft" (lines 41-50).
Date: April 19, 1892
Creator: Emley, James Edward
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Axle Bearing. (open access)

Vehicle-Axle Bearing.

Patent for a strong and durable vehicle-axle bearing that reduces friction. "Oil may be admitted to the bearings [in the axle] without removing the wheel or exposing said bearings, thus preventing accumulations of dust or other foreign substance" (lines 17-20).
Date: June 11, 1895
Creator: Falk, Franz
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Folding Cot (open access)

Folding Cot

Patent for
Date: November 12, 1901
Creator: Follett, Charles J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Weighing Scale (open access)

Automatic Weighing Scale

Patent for moving a pole along a beam that efficiently measures weight as a scale.
Date: June 29, 1918
Creator: Foster Jr., Samuel T.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Multiple Telegraph (open access)

Multiple Telegraph

Patent for "a simple device of this character by means of which any one of a number of instruments or translating devices at a distance may be operated over a single line-wire and by means of a single flow of electric current through said wire" (lines 10-15).
Date: May 7, 1901
Creator: Foster, Samuel T., Jr.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

Agua Azul Creek East 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 1:24,000
Date: 1980
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Agua Azul Creek East Quadrangle

Satellite image 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 1:24,000
Date: 2010
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Agua Azul Creek East 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 1:24000
Date: 1980
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Agua Azul Creek East 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 1:24000
Date: 2013
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Agua Azul Creek West 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 1:24,000
Date: 1980
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Agua Azul Creek West Quadrangle

Satellite image 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 1:24,000
Date: 2010
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Agua Azul Creek West 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 1:24000
Date: 2013
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Agua Azul Creek West 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 1:24000
Date: 1980
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History