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Carbureter.
Patent for a new and improved carburetor. This design calls for "the apparatus [to be] submerged in water for the purpose of equalizing the temperature of the carbureting-liquid, and thereby imparting a more uniform illuminating quality to the gas; also obviating the danger of explosion from access of flame to the exterior of the apparatus" (para. 2).
Date:
July 18, 1876
Creator:
Pollard, James M. & Barton, Wallace R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in apparatus for packing and bale cotton.
Patent for improved process and apparatus for baling cotton. Improvement relates to a mechanical device by means of which raw cotton is thoroughly compressed into bales suitable for handling.
Date:
July 18, 1876
Creator:
Drake, James A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in the Methods of Baling and Packing Cotton
Patent for improvement in the methods of baling and packing cotton specifically optimizations in the packing and baling of cotton by avoiding all the mechanical appliances used in forming and securing bales of cotton, such as the press, canvas bagging, band, buckles, and bale-ties.
Date:
July 18, 1876
Creator:
Drake, James A. & Singer, Edgar C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Plaiting-Irons.
Patent for an improvement to plaiting-irons: "a plaiting-iron composed of a peculiarly-constructed iron or metal plate used in connection with a correspondingly-constructed board" (lines 23-25), with illustrations.
Date:
August 14, 1877
Creator:
Gingras, Joseph E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883; Giving the Name of Each Pensioner, the Cause for Which Pensioned, the Post-Office Address, the Rate of Pension Per Month, and the Date of Original Allowance, as Called for by Senate Resolution of December 8, 1882. Volume 5
List of men receiving military pensions following the U.S. Civil War, organized by state and county. It includes the certificate number, name, address, reason for pension, monthly amount, and date initiated for each person. This final volume includes men living abroad who have U.S. pensions.
Date:
1883
Creator:
United States. Congress. Senate.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Car-Coupling.
Patent for an invention for train cars which "relates to car couplings, and especially to that class of the same which effect an automatic coupling by means of a gravity-hook," (lines 12-15) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 13, 1884
Creator:
Washburn, Andrew Lynch & Journeay, Abram L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Electric Belt
Patent for improvements in electric belts.
Date:
July 5, 1887
Creator:
Williams, Robert E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Cupper
Patent for improvements in the type of equipment known as cotton cupers.
Date:
October 1, 1889
Creator:
Wilder, Theodore C. & Wilder, Atwood, E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow.
Patent for improvements in reversible plows: "The object of the present invention is to simplify and improve the construction of reversible plows and enable them to be adjusted to any desired depth" (lines 9-12).
Date:
August 18, 1891
Creator:
McKay, Robert B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Conduit Electric Railway.
Patent for a surface trolley for electric railways that operates "upon the surface of the pavement or ground between the tracks of the road, for connecting the car with the motor power, in place of the trolley and over head wires now suspended upon the unsightly poles in the center or at the sides of the street, which are found to be very objectionable on account of their obstructing the passageway in the streets and upon the side walks, and the wires preventing the free movement of fire companies in extending their ladders in gaining access to buildings, and also because of the great danger attending persons and animals moving about in the street, on account of the charged or live wires frequently being thrown down upon the ground, and coming in contact with and destroying the life of persons, and also on account of the frequent fatal accidents to persons having charge of the repair of the wires and other apparatus in connection with them, often coming in contact with live wires while elevated on the poles and engaged in repairing them" (lines 16-38).
Date:
April 11, 1893
Creator:
Voe, William R. de
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Conduit Electric Railway.
Patent for an underground conduit electric railway meant to propel cars. The conduit can be drained and kept dry, and a trolley attachment protects the conduit from dirt and water as well.
Date:
December 5, 1893
Creator:
de Voe, William R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Forage Plants for the South
Report discussing the findings of an experimental study of over 500 native and foreign species of grasses and other forage plants in the southern United States. The report is limited to a discussion of species that were established to hold agricultural value for hay and pastures.
Date:
1894
Creator:
Smith, Erwin F. (Erwin Frink), 1854-1927
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Method of and Apparatus for Treating Mineral Pitch.
Patent for an "improved method of and apparatus for treating mineral pitch and similar material to readily separate the asphalt and asphalt-oils from sand, bituminous rock, and other impurities contained in the mined material and removing the sand and impurities" (lines 12-17). The method circulates the material in hot water to separate the asphalt and asphalt-oils from the sand and impurities. The asphalt and oil rise to the top of the water and the impurities sink.
Date:
November 5, 1895
Creator:
Sellers, Harvey Lee; Conyngton, Hugh Ronald & Conyngton, Thomas
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combination-Plow.
Patent for a combination-plow that "may be combined with facility to form a variety of plows designed for work of different kinds, the present invention being an improvement upon that shown and described in Patent No. 492,462, granted to [the inventor] February 28, 1893" (lines 10-15).
Date:
July 14, 1896
Creator:
Dean, John Rowe
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Valve for Engines.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in valves for steam engines, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
November 8, 1898
Creator:
Allen, Walter J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Suggestions to Southern Farmers
Report summarizing the contents of papers read at the Interstate Farmers' Convention held at Vicksburg, Mississippi, February 8-10, 1899. Topics discussed include soil properties, cotton products, livestock farming and feeding, horticulture, agricultural education, forage crops, and the Weather Bureau. The material collected in this report is intended primarily for residents of the South and the Southwest.
Date:
1899
Creator:
United States. Department of Agriculture.
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Railway-Ticket, &c.
Patent "to furnish for railway-companies a form of excursion-ticket whose return portion or stop-over portion, as the case may be, is not capable of successful use by scalpers" (lines 11-15).
Date:
July 9, 1901
Creator:
Smith, Lowndes G.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Process of Refining Crude Mineral Oils and their Distillates.
Patent for a process for the purification of crude oils using a variety of chemical processes.
Date:
September 24, 1901
Creator:
Thiele, Felix C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Process of Making Artificial Fuel
Patent for process of creating artificial fuel and the resulting product.
Date:
March 11, 1902
Creator:
Steiner, Robert
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Process of Refining Asphaltic Mineral Oils.
Patent for process for refining asphaltic mineral oils such as might be found in wells in Texas and Louisiana. Designed to remove asphaltum.
Date:
November 11, 1902
Creator:
Mims, John Carwile
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cassava
Report discussing the potential for cassava cultivation in the Gulf Coast States of the United States. Topics discussed include soil requirements, fertilizers, common diseases, harvesting, crop yields, and marketing.
Date:
1903
Creator:
Hunter, W. D. (Walter David), 1875-1925
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oil Fields of the Texas-Louisiana Gulf Coastal Plain
From introduction: This report presents the findings of surveys of the extent of the oil fields in the gulf coastal plain.
Date:
1903
Creator:
Hayes, C. W. & Kennedy, William
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Well-Tube
Patent for a well tube.
Date:
April 8, 1903
Creator:
Fox, Edward P.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Controlling the Boll Weevil in Cotton Seed and at Ginneries
Report discussing the role of cotton ginneries in the dissemination of the boll weevil and improvements to the ginning process which can control the boll weevil's spread.
Date:
1904
Creator:
Hunter, W. D. (Walter David), 1875-1925
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The UNT Digital Library