Drill (open access)

Drill

Patent for a drill. Illustrations included.
Date: April 5, 1910
Creator: Tye, John P.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Archaeological Survey of the City of Weinert's Wastewater Treatment Plant Improvements, Haskell County, Texas (open access)

Archaeological Survey of the City of Weinert's Wastewater Treatment Plant Improvements, Haskell County, Texas

A report of an archaeological survey of the city of Weinert for the proposed modifications to the existing wastewater treatment plant.
Date: April 30, 2008
Creator: Todd, Jesse
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Casket-Support. (open access)

Casket-Support.

Patent for Casket-Support. "An object of the invention is to provide a support of simple and durable structure adapted to be manipulated to support the casket at an elevated position with relation to a floor or which may be folded whereby the casket may rest flat upon the floor." (line 3)
Date: April 2, 1918
Creator: Kinnison, Martin L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Gathering Cotton. (open access)

Machine for Gathering Cotton.

Patent for a cotton gathering machine, which picks the cotton bolls off of the plant while being driven through a field.
Date: April 5, 1910
Creator: Edge, William Warren & Campbell, Knotley Fonzo
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Silo-Chute. (open access)

Silo-Chute.

Patent for "a chute that may be readily attached to or detached from a silo" (lines 14-15).
Date: April 28, 1914
Creator: Latimer, James H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Match-Box. (open access)

Match-Box.

Patent for match boxes that automatically opens when unlatched and has a projecting member arm that slides the lid with a match for removal conveniency.
Date: April 17, 1906
Creator: Whiteker, Bosque M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History