The Battalion, Volume 7, Number 7-8, April-May, 1900 (open access)

The Battalion, Volume 7, Number 7-8, April-May, 1900

Monthly literary journal of A. & M. College of Texas containing original short stories, essays, poetry, and other creative works written by students.
Date: May 1900
Creator: Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas. Austin Society.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Axle (open access)

Vehicle-Axle

Patent for vehicle-axle "with removable spindles which when they become worn may be easily and quickly removed and replaced by new ones." (lines 13-15); including illustration and instructions
Date: May 29, 1900
Creator: Andrews, William H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Brick-Machine. (open access)

Brick-Machine.

Patent for a brick machine that is "effective, yet simple and durable, machine especially adapted to receive bricks from a stiff-mud mill and re-press them and also to provide a means whereby the machine will be automatic in its action." (Lines 7-12) Illustrations included.
Date: May 15, 1900
Creator: Anthony, Russell
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tongue-Support for Vehicles. (open access)

Tongue-Support for Vehicles.

Patent for a tongue-support for the tongues of vehicles that "provide an exceedingly simple and effective catch or holder for holding the support up against the under side of the tongue" (lines 18-21), including illustration and instructions
Date: May 8, 1900
Creator: Ashby, William H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling (open access)

Car-Coupling

Patent for a car-coupling that "will greatly simplify the construction and facilitate the operation thereof by providing levers upon the end of the car" (lines 14-17); including illustration and instructions
Date: May 29, 1900
Creator: Asher, A. J. & Gautt, W. A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Two-Way Faucet. (open access)

Two-Way Faucet.

Patent for "a two-way faucet adapted for attachment to a hydrant or other source of supply and also for connection with a hose, whereby water my be obtained for general or household purposes without the necessity of the water passing through the rubber hose, which would render the water unfit for domestic use or for culinary purposes." (Lines 13-20) Illustration included.
Date: May 15, 1900
Creator: Barrett, William H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Vehicle Running - Gear (open access)

Attachment for Vehicle Running - Gear

Patent for
Date: May 22, 1900
Creator: Bassett, Lawrence Lee
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Windmill. (open access)

Windmill.

Patent for "a new windmill design to improve the construction of windmills and to provide a simple, durable, and efficient one" (lines 11-12)
Date: May 22, 1900
Creator: Benson, Arthur Edgar
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Map (open access)

Map

Letter Patent of "a map, drawing or similar device provided with an index" (lines 72-74); including illustration and instructions
Date: May 8, 1900
Creator: Bentley, H. L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fan Attachment for Umbrellas or Parasols. (open access)

Fan Attachment for Umbrellas or Parasols.

Patent for a fan attachment for umbrellas or parasols, including illustrations.
Date: May 22, 1900
Creator: Beseler, Otto
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Non-Refillable Bottle. (open access)

Non-Refillable Bottle.

Patent for a non-refillable bottle. The invention "relates to bottles in general, and more particularly to that class known as "non-refillable" bottles, and has for its object to provide a cheap and simple device of this nature that when once emptied cannot be refilled either by floating, by exhausting the air therefrom, or by pouring thereinto" (lines 11-17). Includes specifications and illustrations.
Date: May 22, 1900
Creator: Bogue, Robert J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Thimbles. (open access)

Attachment for Thimbles.

Patent for invention for the improvement of attachments for thimbles. "The objects of the invention are to produce a device of simple construction for cutting the thread when sewing that can be readily applied to old as well as to new thimbles; also to produce the device in such manner that the thread can be quickly and conveniently cut at any desired point in an expeditious manner " (lines 17-24). Includes specifications and illustrations.
Date: May 1, 1900
Creator: Brown, Archie Edwards
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Gin Feeder (open access)

Cotton-Gin Feeder

Patent for a new "Cotton-Gin Feeder, Drier, and Cleaner" (line 6.) for the purpose of disintegrating "dry, and clean damp and dirty seed-cotton" (lines 10-11).
Date: May 12, 1900
Creator: Brown, Charles William
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vechicle-Top Support. (open access)

Vechicle-Top Support.

Patent for "supports for the bows of folding vehicle-tops, and has for its object to provide an improved device of this character for application to one end of the shifting rail of the top, so as to receive the bows and cushion them against injury in folding and when the vehicle is passing over a rough roadway." (Lines 8-15) Illustration included.
Date: May 15, 1900
Creator: Buchanan, Sanford McElroy
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Baling Press. (open access)

Baling Press.

Patent for several improvements in baling presses for making cylindrical bales, the machine being able to be set up in both the horizontal and upright positions.
Date: May 22, 1900
Creator: Byars, Edgar
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
File-Wrapper and Package Fastener. (open access)

File-Wrapper and Package Fastener.

Patent for securing expansible envelopes and file wrappers with a flexible cord.
Date: May 15, 1900
Creator: Davis, Frederick Clarke
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gymnastic Apparatus (open access)

Gymnastic Apparatus

Patent for "improvement in aerial revolving ladders for gymnastic purposes for use in theaters, circus-tents, etc." (lines 13-15) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: May 22, 1900
Creator: Delmore, George E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Envelop. (open access)

Envelop.

Patent for an envelop adapted "as a cover or wrapper for valuable papers, money, and the like." (Lines 10-13) Illustrations included.
Date: May 8, 1900
Creator: Dennis, Millard Jefferson & Davis, William Clarence
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Air-Brake Mechanism. (open access)

Air-Brake Mechanism.

Patent for "a new and useful air-brake mechanisms in relation to a pressure controller and distributer designed to perform the several independent and joint functions of a triple valve, a pressure-retaining valve, and a pressure relief or reducing valve."
Date: May 29, 1900
Creator: Dillander, John
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bicycle Attachment. (open access)

Bicycle Attachment.

Patent for a bicycle attachment that supports the frame and can be used as a "carrier or support for a child, package, a satchel, &c." (Lines 12-13) Illustrations included.
Date: May 1, 1900
Creator: Flinn, William M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hay-Press. (open access)

Hay-Press.

Patent for a hay bailing machine. "The invention relates to bailing-presses, and more particularly to that class adapted for bailing hay, straw, &c.; and it has for one object to provide a simple and efficient construction in which a continuous rotation of the bailing-lever will act in conjunction with a retractile spring to reciprocate the plunger" (lines 7-13). "A further object of the invention is to provide a simple and efficient construction of detent for holding the gate after the hay or other material has been compressed and while the piston is retracted" (lines 14-18). Includes specifications and illustrations.
Date: May 1, 1900
Creator: Garrett, Irvin H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Saw Setting and Feeding Device. (open access)

Saw Setting and Feeding Device.

Patent for a new and "useful Improvements in Saw Setting and Feeding Devices" (lines 5-7) including illustrations.
Date: May 1, 1900
Creator: Haltom, Samuel
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Feed for Saw-Setting Mechanism. (open access)

Automatic Feed for Saw-Setting Mechanism.

Patent for improvements to Automatic Feed for Saw-Setting Mechanism, "particularly adapted to advance the saw into alinement with a setting-punch by reciprocatory movement of a part of the mechanism" (lines 11-14), including illustrations.
Date: May 22, 1900
Creator: Haltom, Samuel & Nadel, Abraham G.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cistern (open access)

Cistern

Patent for the "class of cisterns used to catch rain-water from the roofs of houses or other places" (lines 9-11); including illustration and instructions
Date: May 15, 1900
Creator: Harry, H. W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History