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Map of Bandera County

Description: Blueline format of survey map of Bandera County, Texas, showing rivers, creeks, original land grants or surveys, blocks of land, and Comanche Trail. No scale information given.
Date: 1862
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Combination of Sulky Plow and Cultivator

Description: Patent for "a mounted adjustable frame adapted to the use of either cultivator or plow, and which shall be provided with means whereby the track can be narrowed or widened and the depth regulated as desired; also, by which the standard or standards can be raised or lowered independently of or dependently upon the height of axle-arm" (lines 13-21).
Date: February 4, 1890
Creator: Stevens, Isaac W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Match Box

Description: Patent for a match box whereby matches can be removed individually. Illustration included.
Date: April 26, 1910
Creator: Lee, Robert E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Texas: Medina Lake Quadrangle

Description: Topographic quadrangle map of Medina Lake, Texas, and the surrounding area, showing roads and highways, towns, water bodies, ranches and farms, borders between counties, and landmarks. Relief shown by contours (interval 20 feet) and spot heights. Scale 1:62,500
Date: 1956
Creator: Burgess, H.; Vance, W. N.; Lawrence, A. M.; Routen, R. W.; Huffstickler, C. A.; Leonard, W. J. et al.
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Coin Controlled Electrical Weighing Scale.

Description: Patent for a new and improved coin-operated electrical scale. This design "relates to improvements in electrical weighing-scales that may be tripped by electricity; and the main object of [the] invention is to so arrange the electric circuit that it may be closed for tripping the indicator by inserting within the machine a coin or like-shaped metallic piece" (lines 16-22).
Date: November 13, 1888
Creator: Smith, William R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Combined Cultivator, Plow, &c.

Description: Patent for "a machine having a main frame and a driving-gear with interchangeable planting, cultivating, stalk-cutting, and cotton-chopping mechanism, whereby the machine is adapted to be used for a variet of purposes" (lines 15-20).
Date: April 9, 1889
Creator: McBride, Abram B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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