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Southwestern Insane Asylum Annual Report: 1916 (open access)

Southwestern Insane Asylum Annual Report: 1916

Annual report of the Southwestern Insane Asylum, providing data about operations, statistics regarding patients, updates about programs, and other information related to activities at the hospital.
Date: 1917
Creator: Southwestern Insane Asylum (Tex.)
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
North Texas Hospital for the Insane Annual Report: 1914-1916 (open access)

North Texas Hospital for the Insane Annual Report: 1914-1916

Annual report of the North Texas Hospital for the Insane, providing data about operations, updates about programs, and other information related to activities at the hospital.
Date: 1917
Creator: North Texas Hospital for the Insane
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Texas Journalist, Volume 3, Number 4, February 1917 (open access)

The Texas Journalist, Volume 3, Number 4, February 1917

Monthly publication of the University of Texas School of Journalism containing articles related the newspaper industry and other topics of interest to students pursuing journalism.
Date: February 1917
Creator: University of Texas. School of Journalism.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Texas Journalist, Volume 3, Number 5, March 1917 (open access)

The Texas Journalist, Volume 3, Number 5, March 1917

Monthly publication of the University of Texas School of Journalism containing articles related the newspaper industry and other topics of interest to students pursuing journalism.
Date: March 1917
Creator: University of Texas. School of Journalism.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Texas Journalist, Volume 3, Number 2, January 1917 (open access)

The Texas Journalist, Volume 3, Number 2, January 1917

Monthly publication of the University of Texas School of Journalism containing articles related the newspaper industry and other topics of interest to students pursuing journalism.
Date: January 1917
Creator: University of Texas. School of Journalism.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bill-Posting Blanking Device. (open access)

Bill-Posting Blanking Device.

Patent for bill-posting blanking device for applying strips of paper to bill-boards.
Date: November 20, 1917
Creator: Gallia, Paul
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Composition of Matter for Treating Concrete Flooring (open access)

Composition of Matter for Treating Concrete Flooring

Patent for improvements to treating concrete flooring. The process described for mixing animal, mineral, and vegetable waxes to produce a treatment which renders already poured concrete floors (or other cement or stone) dustless and waxy to prevent disintegration of the floor's components.
Date: May 12, 1917
Creator: Annan, Alfred H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Churn. (open access)

Churn.

Patent for improvements in churns that are made with an actuating motor, including illustrations and instructions.
Date: December 18, 1917
Creator: Waller, Charles Floyd
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cleaning Device for Wells (open access)

Cleaning Device for Wells

Patent for a device that removes loose debris in wells
Date: July 21, 1917
Creator: Carden, David A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automobile Security Lock Device. (open access)

Automobile Security Lock Device.

Patent for a new and useful form of automobile lock adaptable for use in connection with the steering column and steering wheel of the car or automobile to be locked.
Date: December 18, 1917
Creator: Mushaway, Alden
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Projecting Motion-Pictures. (open access)

Apparatus for Projecting Motion-Pictures.

Patent for an improvement to motion picture projectors that lowers the operating speed, thus reducing the amount of film needed for movies, and eliminates flickers in the projection. This patent includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: November 27, 1917
Creator: Craig, Richard M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pump-Operating Mechanism. (open access)

Pump-Operating Mechanism.

Patent for a new type of pump operator mechanism with a "novel mounting for the air compressing pump" (lines 18-19) and a more compact form. Illustrations included.
Date: December 18, 1917
Creator: Feagin, Luther W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automobile-Elevator. (open access)

Automobile-Elevator.

Patent for an automobile elevator for use in garages, which operates using the car's own movement.
Date: November 27, 1917
Creator: Wright, Virgil Tilden
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Composition for Sealing Tire-Punctures and the Like. (open access)

Composition for Sealing Tire-Punctures and the Like.

Patent for sealing tire punctures consisting of the extract obtained from boiling guayule and candelilla plants in water to which is added asbestos and fullers' earth.
Date: November 27, 1917
Creator: Garza, Ricardo
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combination Fence and Repair Tool (open access)

Combination Fence and Repair Tool

Patent for a multi-purpose tool related to working with wires in and around the home. It is intended to tighten, twist, and/or sever a wire.
Date: September 6, 1917
Creator: Grogan, Edward W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Forming Gun Barrels. (open access)

Apparatus for Forming Gun Barrels.

Patent for an apparatus for forming gun barrels that twists a sheet of metal into a tube for the gun barrel at a slight angle, while slightly flattening the tube into an oval shape. This method is supposed to create ribs within the gun barrel.
Date: September 10, 1917
Creator: Cole, William F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Churn Dasher (open access)

Churn Dasher

Patent for the churn dasher. This invention relates to dashers, or agitators, for churns and similar devices and aims to provide an improved assemblage of the component elements of the dasher, whereby to facilitate the agitation of the material and to aerate the same. Illustrations are provided.
Date: September 5, 1917
Creator: Lambie, R.C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Draft-Equalizer (open access)

Draft-Equalizer

Patent for a device that can be attached to the draft tongue of an animal-drawn agricultural machine to equalize resistance and allow it to be drawn evenly in a straight line.
Date: December 25, 1917
Creator: Butts, Jim P.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Coffee-Roasters. (open access)

Attachment for Coffee-Roasters.

Patent for an attachment to a coffee-roaster that assists in separating coffee beans from foreign matter.
Date: December 25, 1917
Creator: Liberto, Samuel
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Grader-Blade. (open access)

Grader-Blade.

Patent for a new form of grader blade for road graders and ditchers for road and ditch work, with illustration.
Date: December 4, 1917
Creator: Wendell, Benjamin J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Screen Frame. (open access)

Wire-Screen Frame.

Patent for a more economical, foldable wire screen frame for doors with removable wire mesh, and included illustration.
Date: December 18, 1917
Creator: Carroll, Houston Monroe
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator Fender (open access)

Cultivator Fender

Patent for cultivator fenders, which will assist in tilling the earth for proper planting methods. This invention will allow for the removal of weeds close to plants without burying the plants in soil.
Date: November 16, 1917
Creator: William M. Peel
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Braking Actuating Mechanism for Automobiles (open access)

Braking Actuating Mechanism for Automobiles

Patent for an improvement to braking actuating mechanism for automobiles to allow for safer braking with the lever right of the driver's seat, in particular adaptable to Ford emergency brakes.
Date: November 30, 1917
Creator: Baker, Howard A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Internal Combustion Engines. (open access)

Attachment for Internal Combustion Engines.

Patent for an attachment to internal combustion engines that allows for vaporizing part of the fuel mixture to introduce air and steam that aid combustion efficiency.
Date: August 16, 1917
Creator: Lynch, Floyd W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History