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Technical Report Archive and Image Library
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Texas Patents
41
USDA Farmers' Bulletins
26
End of Term Publications
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3
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Farmers' bulletin (United States. Dept. of Agriculture)
26
1995 BRAC Commission
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Improvement in Insect-Destroyers.
Patent for a device to destroy "winged insects which are destructive to the cotton plants and other vegetation" (lines 19-21) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 6, 1870
Creator:
Byrne, Thomas; Strunk, Diedrich & Schott, J. J.
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 2
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.
Date:
1883
Creator:
United States. Congress. Senate.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
On the Fossil Faunas of the Upper Devonian: the Genesee Section, New York
From letter of transmittal: The present report includes special discussion of the faunas of the Hamilton group and of those below the black shales of the Genesee group is omitted.
Date:
1887
Creator:
Williams, Henry Shaler
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Coin Operated Electrical Weighing Scale.
Patent for a new and improved coin-operated electric weighing-scale. This design consists in "the combination of the chute-section adapted to receive a coin or similar metallic piece, and having insulated electrical conductors, a weighing machine having its indicator disconnected from the main portion of the weighing mechanism, a stop on said main portion to limit the movement of the indicator when released, a latch for securing said indicator at the zero-point, and electrical connections between said chute-section and latch" (lines 114-123).
Date:
June 21, 1887
Creator:
Smith, William R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Envelope or Bag Machine
Patent for a machine "for making envelopes, paper bags, and the like wherein the blank which is to form the envelope or bag is automatically fed into the machine at its receiving end by a suitable feeder and is folded and gummed on its way through the machine, being finally delivered in a marketable condition at the delivery end of the machine" (lines 10-17).
Date:
June 24, 1890
Creator:
Clarke, George R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wick Material (Illinois Patent).
Patent for wick material, "composed of raw fibrous matter in layers or slivers in adhesive substance" (lines 16-17).
Date:
July 1, 1890
Creator:
Chapin, Myron H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Discharge Mechanism for Harvesters
Patent for the binder-deck of harvesters "and it consists, broadly, of a flexible deck having its lateral edges fixed and its middle portion hinged at one edge and free at the other, and means for automatically lowering the latter when the bundle of grain is to be discharged in order that the discharge may be facilitated" (lines 11-17).
Date:
October 25, 1892
Creator:
Stroud, Wiley N. & Corey, Rufus H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Seeding-Machine
Patent for improvements to the hoe of the seeding machine "and attendant parts, and particularly to the means for guiding and adjusting the hoe and for guiding and adjusting the following-wheel" (lines 17-19).
Date:
November 8, 1892
Creator:
Kirkpatrick, George W. & Ralston, James B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Trap Dikes of the Lake Champlain Region
A paper pertaining to the trap dikes of the region around Lake Champlain.
Date:
1893
Creator:
Kemp, James Furman & Marsters, Vernon Freeman
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Fan and Motoro Therefor.
Patent for a motor-propelled fan that can attach to any support, especially beds steads and other furniture. The motor is simple and can be easily manipulated.
Date:
May 9, 1893
Creator:
Sneckner, George A. & Roth, Charles E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Devonian System of Eastern Pennsylvania and New York
Introduction: By way of introduction a section will be described across the Devonian of the northeastern part of Monroe County, Pa., along the line of Brodhead Creek and the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad. The base of this section will rest on the Corniferous limestone well exposed in a railroad cut a mile south of East Stroudsburg and the termination will b6 in the Pocono, as exposed on the Pocono Mountains, from Mount Pocono to the ridge northwest of Tobyhanna.
Date:
1894
Creator:
Prosser, Charles S.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Core-Holding Mechanism for Cotton-Baling Machines.
Patent for a core-holding mechanism for cotton-baling machines that provides "new and improved means for engaging and disengaging the core, so that it is guided vertically, and the bale is susceptible of being conveniently and rapidly removed from the machine and a core introduced for the formation of another bale" (lines 19-24).
Date:
November 27, 1894
Creator:
Smith, Hamilton E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Baling Machine.
Patent for an effective cotton-baling machine that improves on how cotton is compressed and fed into the rotary, that stretches the cotton to its thinnest, that improves on how the core is carried, that raises and lowers the compressor roller, that improves on the rack-and pinion mechanism, that improves on how the ends of the cotton roll are pressed, and that quickly and easily finishes each bale.
Date:
November 27, 1894
Creator:
Smith, Hamilton E. & Dare, Benjamin A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Clip for Type-Writers.
Patent for a clip for type-writers for Remington or similar type-writers that holds post-cards, envelopes, and similar short items in place. The invention prevents "the blurring or bad impression which is apt to be made, more particularly in machines having type bars with two types each, when the paper is not held firmly to the roller or platen" (lines 12-16).
Date:
February 19, 1895
Creator:
Gibson, Allen J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Electric motor.
Patent for improved electric motor used in motor vehicles "which may be associated directly with the driving-wheel of a motor-vehicle" (lines 40-41), bypassing the need for other power-transmitting mechanisms. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 20, 1897
Creator:
Perret, Frank A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Farmers' Reading Courses
Report discussing the main features of the farmers' reading courses that have become popular in several states through agricultural colleges and experiment stations. The reading courses are designed to provide farmers with a systematic approach to their work through the study of a scientifically sound and accessible textbook curriculum.
Date:
1900
Creator:
Bailey, L. H. (Liberty Hyde), 1858-1954
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Composition Fuel
Patent for "a new and useful improvement in composition fuel, the object being to produce fuel in compact form which will burn quickly, rapidly generating an intense heat, and leaving but a small quantity of a residue or ash" (lines 10-15).
Date:
January 15, 1901
Creator:
Patterson, Warren A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Engraving-machine.
Patent for improvements to an engraving machine. Illustrations included.
Date:
July 1, 1902
Creator:
Crane, Walter E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Opera-Chair.
Patent for opera chairs that can be used in audience halls. It is mentioned as seats that are rotatable with foldable arms providing enough space for the exit.
Date:
November 25, 1902
Creator:
Wilkinson, John A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rape as a Forage Crop
Report discussing the cultivation of the rape plant as a forage crop, including its varieties, soil requirements and preparation, and harvesting. Also describes various uses of rape as a forage crop, weed destroyer, and cover crop.
Date:
1903
Creator:
Hitchcock, A. S. (Albert Spear), 1865-1935
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Experiment Station Work, [Volume] 25
Bulletin issued by the U. S. Department of Agriculture compiling selected articles from the Agricultural Experiment Stations. This bulletin contains articles on: Watermelons in the North, Watermelon Culture in Georgia, Muskmelon Culture in the North, Rockyford Muskmelons, Cold Storage of Fruits, Selection of Seed Corn, Bread and Toast, Cooking Meat, Bitter Milk.
Date:
1904
Creator:
United States. Office of Experiment Stations.
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Process of Desulfurizing Oil or Distillate
Patent for a process of desulfurizing oil or distillate.
Date:
July 5, 1904
Creator:
Amend, Otto P.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Experiment Station Work, [Volume] 32
Bulletin issued by the U. S. Department of Agriculture compiling selected articles from the Agricultural Experiment Stations. This bulletin contains articles on: Lime and Clover, Plant Food Requirements of Fruit Trees, Apple Growing in New York, Running Out of Seed Wheat, High-Protein Seed Wheat, Tobacco Seed Selection, Cover Crop for Tobacco Fields, Cereal Breakfast Foods, Damaged Wheat as Feed, Bedding for Cows, Amateur Poultry Raising, Care of Cream on the Farm, Paying the Patrons of Creameries, Gassy Fermentation of Swiss Cheese, Yeast as a Disinfectant.
Date:
1905
Creator:
United States. Office of Experiment Stations.
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Bedstead
Patent for a bedstead. Illustration included.
Date:
October 31, 1905
Creator:
Davis, Augustus H.; Hummel, George F. & Gray, J. W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History