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Texas Commissioner of Insurance and Banking Annual Report: 1910 (open access)

Texas Commissioner of Insurance and Banking Annual Report: 1910

Annual report submitted by the Commissioner of Insurance and Banking documenting financial records including disbursements and transactions related to insurance made by the department during fiscal year 1910.
Date: 1910
Creator: Texas. Department of Insurance and Banking.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Coyote, Volume 2, Number 5, February 1910 (open access)

The Coyote, Volume 2, Number 5, February 1910

Monthly literary magazine of University of Texas containing original short stories, essays, poetry, jokes, and other creative works written by students.
Date: February 1910
Creator: University of Texas
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press. (open access)

Baling-Press.

Patent for an improved bailing press "especially designed for forming hay, straw, cotton, &c., &c.... into compressed, compact bales" (lines 10-13) that requires less effort and power for stronger compression results.
Date: March 12, 1910
Creator: North, Clarence L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
First Biennial Report 1909-1910 (open access)

First Biennial Report 1909-1910

First biennial report of the Texas Library and Historical Commission detailing the activities of the State Library, and the legislative reference work completed by the commission. The secret journals of the Senate of the Republic of Texas from 1836-1845 are included.
Date: 1910
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Report on Progress of Investigations of Mineral Resources of Alaska in 1909 (open access)

Report on Progress of Investigations of Mineral Resources of Alaska in 1909

Annual summary describing the conditions of the mining industry in Alaska and the economic results obtained by various investigations during the year. Contributions include descriptions of general features of the geology and mineral resources as well as analyses of practical implications.
Date: 1910
Creator: Brooks, Alfred H. (Alfred Hulse), 1871-1924
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Process for Refining and Purifying Oils. (open access)

Process for Refining and Purifying Oils.

Patent for "processes for purifying oils, especially petroleum, and has for its object the removal of impurities and the neutralization of acids, and the reduction of the cost of refining oil by simplifying the process and reducing the length of time usually required for completing the purification" (lines 9-16).
Date: September 15, 1910
Creator: Lasher, David F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Revision of the Wood Rats of the Genus Neotoma (open access)

Revision of the Wood Rats of the Genus Neotoma

From introduction: "Result of a study of the wood rats in the collection of the Biological Survey, numbering over 3,000 specimens, including topotypes of most of the species."
Date: October 19, 1910
Creator: Goldman, Edward A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Crude-Oil Burner (open access)

Crude-Oil Burner

Patent for a crude oil burner. Illustrations included.
Date: June 7, 1910
Creator: Shaeffer, Charles
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Animal-Trap (open access)

Animal-Trap

Patent for an animal trap with a new kind of trigger fir closing the door to the trap.
Date: December 13, 1910
Creator: Hatchell, Benjamin
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Blocking Attachment for Cultivators (open access)

Cotton-Blocking Attachment for Cultivators

Patent for an attachment for cultivators for arranging blocks of cotton onto a stand. Illustrations included.
Date: February 22, 1910
Creator: Horner, John P.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Clothes Pounder (open access)

Clothes Pounder

Patent for a clothes pounder. Illustration included.
Date: May 17, 1910
Creator: Turner, James S. & Campbell, John Luther
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automobile Torpedo (open access)

Automobile Torpedo

Patent for a shell torpedo launcher for submarines.
Date: December 20, 1910
Creator: Douglas, William M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Brace (open access)

Brace

Patent for a brace. Illustration included.
Date: November 22, 1910
Creator: Goodson, Milton A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Coin Controlled Machine (open access)

Coin Controlled Machine

Patent for a coin controlled machine. This invention is designed to accept coins of proper values and operation is dependent on predetermined portion of the im pressed surface of the coin. Illustrations included.
Date: September 6, 1910
Creator: Scheble, Eugene S. & Rast, Felix Q.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Tie-Plate and Rail Anticreeper (open access)

Combined Tie-Plate and Rail Anticreeper

Patent for a railroad tie plate designed to remained locked to the base of the rail and to prevent dislocation of the base. Illustrations included.
Date: March 29, 1910
Creator: Clarke, Marcus S. & Adreon, Edward L., Jr.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Base for Columns (open access)

Base for Columns

Patent for a base for columns which drains water away from the base.
Date: September 20, 1910
Creator: Riley, Samuel L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Checker and Cultivator. (open access)

Cotton Checker and Cultivator.

Patent for improvements in cotton checkers and cultivators by “providing a device in which the width of the hills or rows may be adjusted to suit the requirements of various grades of soil.” (Lines 15-17) Another improvement is to provide a “means to which the plows of the cultivator may be simultaneously raised or lowered, and when so raised or lowered may be kept in their adjusted positions.” (Lines 19-22) Illustration is included.
Date: January 11, 1910
Creator: Hamilton, Robert
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Checker and Cultivator (open access)

Cotton Checker and Cultivator

Patent for a cotton checker and cultivator. Illustration included.
Date: January 11, 1910
Creator: Hamilton, Robert & Humble, Henry O. V.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car-Door (open access)

Car-Door

Patent for a car door. Illustrations included.
Date: February 22, 1910
Creator: Pearce, Joseph E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Crude-Oil Burner. (open access)

Crude-Oil Burner.

Patent for a crude oil burner for use in steam boilers, which reduces fuel usage.
Date: September 13, 1910
Creator: Owin, Elijah J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Buggy-Top and Rein and Robe Holder. (open access)

Combined Buggy-Top and Rein and Robe Holder.

Patent for a combined buggy top shock buffer and rein and lap robe holder.
Date: July 26, 1910
Creator: Hitt, Allen
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Generating Acetylene Gas (open access)

Apparatus for Generating Acetylene Gas

Patent for an apparatus for generating Acetylene Gas which feeds water directly into the carbide from a main reservoir.
Date: October 18, 1910
Creator: Hodges, Samuel F. & Lee, William H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Box and Package Elevating Apparatus (open access)

Box and Package Elevating Apparatus

Patent for an elevator for boxes and packages. Illustrations included.
Date: May 3, 1910
Creator: Brigance, Alice Osborne
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Churn-Body. (open access)

Churn-Body.

Patent for a churn body with a temperature regulator for the cream.
Date: December 13, 1910
Creator: Liles, William W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History