Millstone-Dress. (open access)

Millstone-Dress.

Patent for millstone dress using mill stone.
Date: July 20, 1858
Creator: Loy, George W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Apparatus for Photographing Children (open access)

Improvement in Apparatus for Photographing Children

Patent for an improvement in machines for taking Photographs of small children.
Date: July 4, 1871
Creator: Sloan, William W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Grinding-Mills. (open access)

Improvement in Grinding-Mills.

Patent for the improvement of grinding-mills, including a description and illustration.
Date: July 23, 1872
Creator: Loy, George W. & Baker, Francis C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car Brake. (open access)

Car Brake.

Patent for a new and improved brake for railroad cars. This design "consists in the combination, with the brake, of an angle-lever on the end part of the car, a draw-head on the car, a lever pivoted on the same, a rod connecting the said lever with the angle-lever, a toothed locking-bar on the standard, and a pin on the lever on the standard" (lines 10-16).
Date: July 21, 1885
Creator: Daudelin, Joseph M.T.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Spark-Arresters. (open access)

Improvement in Spark-Arresters.

Patent for improved construction of spark-arresters, "so that they will be more efficient, and yet simple in construction and not liable to get out of repair; and the invention consists of a metallic circular cone, with winding or arched flanges or wings, which extend toward the side of the shall, and they are covered by a plate, to the upper side of which a perforated cylinder is attached, so that all the sparks are arrested and thoroughly extinguished, while the smoke can pass out through the perforations." (Lines 6-16) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 15, 1879
Creator: Lochner, Casper F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Regional Outlook, 2002: Upper East Texas Region (open access)

Texas Regional Outlook, 2002: Upper East Texas Region

Report on economic forecast and outlook for the Upper East Texas 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
Hay Press. (open access)

Hay Press.

Patent for improvements to a hay press to be manufactured easily and cheaply while maintaining its effectiveness in pressing hay into bales.
Date: July 17, 1917
Creator: Pate, William H. & Rhyne, Arthur M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mower. (open access)

Mower.

Patent for a new mower designed for use with a single horse and provide a device where the sickle bar may be adjusted at various heights.
Date: July 5, 1921
Creator: John Bryon Nelson
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History