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- Texas Commissioner of Insurance and Banking Annual Report: 1912
- 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 1912.
- North Texas Hospital for the Insane Annual Report: 1912
- 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.
- North Texas Hospital for the Insane Annual Report: 1911
- 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.
- Texas State Lunatic Asylum Annual Report: 1912
- Annual report of the Texas State Lunatic Asylum, providing data about operations, updates about programs, and other information related to activities at the institution for the fiscal year 1912.
- Texas State Orphan Home Biennial Report: 1912
- Biennial report of the State Orphan Home, including information about general maintenance, inmates, new departments, health and sanitation, state home school, industrial training, and financial estimates.
- Second Biennial Report 1911-1912
- Report detailing the budget and activities of the Texas Library and Historical Commission for 1911-1912.
- A Reconnaissance Report on the Geology of the Oil and Gas Fields of Wichita and Clay Counties, Texas
- Report published in a scientific bulletin, describing the geology of the oil and gas fields that reside within Wichita and Clay counties in Texas. Index starts on page 292.
- Carbureter
- Patent for Carbureter and it uses.
- Process For Treating Crude Oil
- Patent for a process to treat crude oil.
- Process of Purifying Flour During The Manufacture Thereof
- Patent for a mechanism related to the purifying of flour during manufacturing.
- Paint
- Patent for application to introduce an invention of useful paint. The purpose of the paint was to treat woods and prevent them from their enemies, such as worms. This paint can preserve the woods from fire which can render the name fireproof. The further development on this can safe woods from being cracked, peeled or run.
- Explosive Engine
- Patent for a type of internal combustion engine using gunpowder as its fuel.
- Safety Hat Pin
- Patent for a safety hat pin for protection against workplace injuries, including illustrations.
- Garden Implement
- This a letter from John S. Ward to the United States Patent Office. John S. Ward described and proposed his invention on Garden Implement and he provided a detail of diagrams of how the device could improve the Garden or field hand implements. It enables the hoe and weeder adapted to turn over the soil and to cut the root of the grass.
- Monkey Wrench
- Patent for a type of monkey wrench in which the movable jaw of the wrench is mounted upon the fixed jaw so that it is easily shifted upon the disengagement of a detent for the fixed jaw. This allows the wrench to be held in any desired adjusted position with relation to the fixed jaw.
- Cultivator
- Letter of proposal from Warner E. Smith to the United Patent Office to put forth his invention on cultivator to improve the existing one. His invention on cultivator is for cleaning beds where the plants planted down deep in the ground. It is ideal for reeding the surface of the ground from weeds. With his proposal, Smith provided the diagram or drawing to give detail on how it is done.
- Guano Distributor
- Patent for the distribution of guano for fertilization over a given area of territory.
- Adjustable Trace Clip
- Patent for Adjustable Trace Clip. "The invention relates to an adjustable trace clip, and has for its primary object to provide a clip of this character in which the connecting strap between the back and belly bands may be adjusted with relation to the trace so as to permit the back band to properly fit the animal and also allow the longitudinal adjustment of the trace" (lines 9-16).
- Advertising Device
- Patent for an Advertising Device. This device provides "a series of hinged leaves so mounted that those exposed to view have the experience of being part of a book." (lines 14-17). "A further object is to provide means which will conceal the operating mechanism, and mystify the observer" (lines 23-25), with a "supporting structure and a dummy provided with a movable hand...for turning said movable shaft as the leaves are turned" (lines 3-13).
- Carbureter.
- Patent for a carbureter that vaporizes liquid fuel, specifically kerosene, for use as an explosive charge in an internal combustion engine.
- Delinter
- Patent is for a Delinter. It provides a means for mechanical separation of cotton seeds from fiber as a new way of cotton ginning.
- Wire-Splicer.
- Patent for a wire splicer, or a device that connects distinct wires by looping them together. Illustrations included.
- Electric-Lamp Attachment.
- Patent for an electric-lamp attachment, "the primary object of this invention being the provision of a lamp socket attachment of supporting means in combination with a switch, whereby the current energizing the filament of an incandescent lamp is so controlled as to produce different degrees of incandescence in the filament and thus produce different degrees of radiance to produce a dim or a highlight as may be desired" (lines 9-18). Illustrations included.
- Automobile-Jack.
- Patent for an automobile jack design adapted for use in garages and by those who need to do work underneath an automobile. Illustration included.
- Projectile
- Patent for Projectile. "The present invention relates to projectiles and has particular reference to a shell which is adapted to be fired from a gun to penetrate the object aimed at and subsequently explode therein. An important object of the invention is to provide a projectile of the above mentioned character, so constructed so that the same will have a high armor penetrating efficiency and a very large explosive material carrying capacity, whereby the explosion of the shell subsequently to its penetration into or through the armor will be very disastrous" (lines 9-22).
- Lace-Rack.
- Patent for an improved design for a lace-rack, or a container to stow away lace boards. Illustrations included.
- Pump
- Patent for a pump. This invention is designed to improvement pumps, by addition of a dish-like deflector within the water box that forces water down into the well preventing leakage around the pump head.
- Railway-Switch Operating Means.
- Patent for switching the line on a railway track including an example and illustration.
- Separator-Guard.
- Patent for a separator-guard for spinning frames. It prevents "the yarn from being entangled in or caught by the devices for attaching the separators to their support" (lines 15-17). Illustrations included.
- Rotary Engine
- Patent is for a rotary engine. The design of this rotary engine includes an inlet and exhaust that also prevents internal leakage of working fluid under pressure.
- Fastening Device
- Patent for Fastening Device which relates to "improvements in fastening devices and more particularly to latches and cooperating strikes such as used in fastening gates, etc. One object of my invention is to provide a strike for such latching means which is easily and quickly put in place, which is easily adjustable to different heights of the latching member, which is easily and quickly adjustable to different horizontal positions of the latching member, and which is so constructed that it is firmly but simply held in place in any of its positions" (lines 8-20).
- Pump-Rod Coupling
- The Patent for a Pump-Rod Coupling. Its creation allows for ease and speed in coupling or uncoupling to the wind mill rod.
- Oil Burner
- Patent for simple and efficient mechanism capable of producing heat which vaporize oil.
- Neck Yoke or Whiffletree Coupling
- Patent for construction tool capable of pulling weights of object.
- Cuspidor Handle and Carrier
- Patent for Cuspidor Handle and Carrier.
- Cotton Spray
- Patent for Cotton Spray. "The present invention relates to spraying devices for destroying insect life which infests plants. The device is primarily intended for spraying cotton plants, and is so constructed and arranged as to travel over the plants, and to spray the said plants from opposite sides" (lines 8-15).
- Connector for Lamps
- Patent for a connector for headlights that allows them to turn and to be operated from one location in the car.
- Bag-Rack
- Patent for a rotating bag rack for use in stores.
- Closer for Cans and the Like.
- Patent for an efficient, easy-open-and-close top for various types of cans which are used frequently.
- Cotton-Chopper
- Patent for a cotton chopper and cultivator which has adjustable cutters.
- Blind-Stop
- Patent for a blind stop for windows and doors. Illustrations included.
- Combined Harrow and Roller
- Patent for a combined harrow and roller for pulverizing and eliminating unwanted growth from the ground. Illustrations included.
- Automatic Safety-Burner
- Patent for an automatic safety burner for lamps that turns off the flame if the lamp is tilted.
- Burglar-Alarm
- Patent for a burglar alarm that can be attached to a car door. Illustrations included.
- Buckle-Making Machine
- Patent for a buckle making machine for forming wires into tie buckles for bales of cotton, hay, etc. Illustrations included.
- Apparatus for Burning Fuel-Oil
- Patent for an oil burner for stoves and furnaces. Illustrations included.
- Boltless Rail-Joint
- Patent for a rail joint designed without bolts. Illustrations included.
- Actuating Device for Circuit Closers
- Patent for an actuating device for circuit closers. Illustration included.
- Battery-Connector
- Patent for a battery connector for providing electricity in homes without being connected to a power plant.
- Air-Cycle
- Patent for an air cycle that allows a person to fly by pedaling. Illustrations included.