Turf-Type and Early Maturing Annual Ryegrass to Establish Perennial Vegetation: Technical Report (open access)

Turf-Type and Early Maturing Annual Ryegrass to Establish Perennial Vegetation: Technical Report

Technical report describing a project to test turf-type and early-maturing annual ryegrasses for use along roadways.
Date: April 2014
Creator: Cummings, Hennen; Wittie, Roger; Muir, James P.; Bow, John; Molina, Raymondo; Arwine, Tanner et al.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Railroad-Tie. (open access)

Railroad-Tie.

Patent for railroad ties and especially for a fie made from a log of wood.
Date: April 26, 1921
Creator: Bryant, Joseph D.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Timber-Jack. (open access)

Timber-Jack.

Patent for timber-jacks which are "particularly adapted for use for persons using cross-cut saws on large pieces of timber."
Date: April 6, 1915
Creator: Barret, James H. & Barret, J. H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Window-Awning And Fire-Protector. (open access)

Combined Window-Awning And Fire-Protector.

Patent for a collapsible window awning.
Date: April 9, 1912
Creator: Guy, Webb W. & Richards, Oliver L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Railway Gate (open access)

Railway Gate

Patent for improved railway gate which functions as cattle-guard and prevents foot traffic on railroad bridges, and opens and closes automatically for trains.
Date: April 10, 1906
Creator: Lowe, William Madison
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper (open access)

Cotton-Chopper

Patent for "a cheap and simple machine adapted to chop or hoe cotton and simultaneously plow or hill the same; furthermore, to adapt the chopper to form stands composed of any number of plants and at any distance apart, and, finally, to provide means for raising and lowering the plows out of and into operative position and throwing the chopping mechanism into and out of gear, which means are controlled in a convenient manner by the driver or operator" (lines 10-20).
Date: April 19, 1892
Creator: Balshaw, David
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Buncher. (open access)

Cotton-Buncher.

Patent for an implement to thin and bunch young cotton plants, including illustrations.
Date: April 28, 1885
Creator: Tynes, Samuel
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History