Fish-Cord Shoe (open access)

Fish-Cord Shoe

Patent for a water shoe which is made of a woven mesh-work portion made of braided threads of rectangular cross section.
Date: May 29, 1917
Creator: Tynes, Lucius M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Locomotive Driving-Box. (open access)

Locomotive Driving-Box.

Patent for an invention relating to detachable flanges found in locomotive driving boxes. Benefits and objectives are explained and illustrations are included.
Date: May 29, 1917
Creator: Hazelwood, William A. & Whiteside, J. Aldo
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pipe of Concrete and the Like (open access)

Pipe of Concrete and the Like

Patent for bell and spigot concrete pipes with a slip joint. This eliminates the potential for wear of the slipping joints, thus mimicking a metal pipe.
Date: May 29, 1920
Creator: Trammell, Jefferson D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sheet-Music (open access)

Sheet-Music

Patent for invention in sheet-music that "overcomes" the defects of market's sheet music (lines 21-30); including illustration and instructions
Date: May 29, 1900
Creator: Martin, T. P., Jr.
System: The Portal to Texas History