Automatic Cut-Out for Windmills (open access)

Automatic Cut-Out for Windmills

Patent for a windmill part which stops the windmill from running when the water tank is full.
Date: July 16, 1907
Creator: Roesler, John
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bicycle Alarm (open access)

Bicycle Alarm

Patent for a "simple and cheap as well as ornamental bicycle-whistle...of novel and peculiar construction, adapted for attachment to the bicycle and made to sound at pleasure" (lines 14-18). Illustrations and instructions are included.
Date: July 13, 1897
Creator: Crump, William E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stephen F. Austin State Park [Rack Card] (open access)

Stephen F. Austin State Park [Rack Card]

Card advertising Stephen F. Austin State Park with brief descriptive information and a summary of activities, facilities, and other features of the location.
Date: July 2012
Creator: Texas. Parks and Wildlife Department.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Regional Outlook, 2002: Gulf Coast Region (open access)

Texas Regional Outlook, 2002: Gulf Coast Region

Report on economic forecast and outlook for the Gulf Coast Region describing expected economic change for various industries, employment growth, and county-level analyses.
Date: July 2002
Creator: Texas. Comptroller's Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Clothes-Rack. (open access)

Clothes-Rack.

Patent for "a new and improved clothes rack, adapted to be carried in one's pocket," (lines 8-10) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 1, 1919
Creator: Walling, Carl H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Insect-Destroyer. (open access)

Insect-Destroyer.

Patent for fumigation insect destroyer, in particular cotton boll weevils, but also for prairie dogs and other vermin.
Date: July 30, 1901
Creator: Koy, August & Kveton, John
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Triple Valve. (open access)

Triple Valve.

Patent for a triple valve for brake systems on trains, which reduces pressure in the air pipes of the train and automatically brakes if there is a broken air hose.
Date: July 26, 1910
Creator: Torbron, Orin F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Seed-Corn Hanger. (open access)

Seed-Corn Hanger.

Patent for Seed-Corn Hangers "for holding ears of seed-corn during the period of drying".
Date: July 6, 1915
Creator: Weaver, Willis
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History