Soil Map, Texas, Harrison County Sheet

Map displays soil types along with bayous, creeks, lakes, rivers, fords, ferries, roads, railroads, towns, churches, and schools. Includes legend and soil profiles.
Date: December 18, 1913
Creator: United States. Bureau of Soils.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Soil survey of Harrison County, Texas (open access)

Soil survey of Harrison County, Texas

Text describes climate, agriculture, and soils of Harrison County, Texas.
Date: December 18, 1913
Creator: Van Duyune, Cornelius & Byers, W. C.
Object Type: Book
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
Automatic Time-Controlled Operating Mechanism. (open access)

Automatic Time-Controlled Operating Mechanism.

Patent for improvements in automatic time-controlled operating mechanisms by using a combination of a spring-actuated rotary disk, a clock mechanism, and co-acting cams to automatically operating at predetermined times, electric switches and other devices, such as locking and unlocking doors of warehouses. Illustration is included.
Date: January 18, 1910
Creator: Chappel, James M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cot-Frame (open access)

Cot-Frame

Patent for a cot frame designed to accommodate two people. Illustrations included.
Date: January 18, 1910
Creator: Shelton, Robert H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automobile Torpedo (open access)

Automobile Torpedo

Patent for a submarine torpedo which explodes in the hull of a vessels it hits.
Date: July 18, 1911
Creator: Douglas, William M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Advertising-Machine (open access)

Advertising-Machine

Patent for an advertising machine for displaying various advertising cards in a motorized machine that displays all the different cards as it goes around in a circle.
Date: April 18, 1911
Creator: Helm, Virgil L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Hook for Artificial Arms (open access)

Automatic Hook for Artificial Arms

Patent for an automatic hook for artificial arms that allows a pen or pencil to be held.
Date: June 18, 1912
Creator: Corley, Quentin D.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
CHURN (open access)

CHURN

Patent for the improvement of a churn. The churn has a detachable support and a closure for the upper end of the body of the churn.
Date: February 18, 1913
Creator: HARRISON, DAVID M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Closet-Seat. (open access)

Closet-Seat.

Patent for a toilet seat that helps support users with rectal diseases.
Date: July 18, 1911
Creator: Ellis, Joseph G.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Back-Pressure Valve (open access)

Back-Pressure Valve

Patent for a back pressure valve for well drilling which may be "removed from the well with facility and despatch" (lines 18-20).
Date: January 18, 1910
Creator: Neighbors, Charles C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Well Mechanism. (open access)

Well Mechanism.

Patent for a well mechanism with an overhung vertical drive pulley which functions as a bearing and oil reservoir for improved lubrication of the bearings; also, improved pump construction and shaft support.
Date: July 18, 1911
Creator: Layne, Mahlon E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Scraper and Fender Attachment (open access)

Combined Scraper and Fender Attachment

Patent for a scraper and fender attachment for plows. Illustrations included
Date: April 18, 1911
Creator: Buttrill, David B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Adhesive and Method of Making the Same (open access)

Adhesive and Method of Making the Same

Patent for starch used for paper that can act as an adhesive coating. Illustrations included.
Date: February 18, 1913
Creator: Dunham, Andrew A. & Dunham, Henry V.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Blank for Making Perforated Tubing (open access)

Blank for Making Perforated Tubing

Patent for a blank for the manufacturing of well tubing used in water and oil wells.
Date: February 18, 1913
Creator: Layne, Mahlon E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Buckle for Bale-Ties (open access)

Buckle for Bale-Ties

Patent for a buckle for bale ties for use on hay bales.
Date: October 18, 1910
Creator: Eddleman, Dudley E. & Armstrong, James E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Stretcher. (open access)

Wire-Stretcher.

Patent for a wire stretcher tool for use in building wire fences.
Date: April 18, 1911
Creator: Gibbens, Andrew J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Window Weight (open access)

Window Weight

Patent for a window weight. Illustration included.
Date: October 18, 1910
Creator: Maupin, Frank L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Well-Drill Wrench (open access)

Well-Drill Wrench

Patent for a wrench for drill pipes used in drilling wells. Illustrations included.
Date: February 18, 1913
Creator: Osborne, William Rush & Lebus, George Franklin
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Well-Drilling Device. (open access)

Well-Drilling Device.

Patent for a well drilling device that uses wire cable in the drill.
Date: July 18, 1911
Creator: Owen, James T.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Liquid-Fuel Burner. (open access)

Liquid-Fuel Burner.

Patent for a liquid fuel burner for use in stoves that completely burns the fuel.
Date: July 18, 1911
Creator: Hawkins, William L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Irrigating System. (open access)

Irrigating System.

Patent for an irrigation system that has lockable valves and will not freeze in the winter.
Date: July 18, 1911
Creator: McCrimmon, John D.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Valve Mechanism for Carburetors (open access)

Valve Mechanism for Carburetors

Patent for a valve mechanism for carburetors that supplies fuel to the engine.
Date: June 18, 1912
Creator: Guthrie, William S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Water-Cooling Device. (open access)

Water-Cooling Device.

Patent for a water cooling device in refrigerators and iceboxes that provides drinking water from the ice compartment.
Date: July 18, 1911
Creator: Boyer, Robert Y. & Caldwell, James P.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History