Texas Attorney General Opinion: V-106 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: V-106

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Price Daniel, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Authority of Commissioners' Court of Bexar County to supervise and control a county juvenile detention home for boys.
Date: March 26, 1947
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Wheel. (open access)

Vehicle-Wheel.

Patent for a vehicle wheel with no extra small parts, a tightener that tightens the whole wheel and is easily reached, and constructed in such a manner that it may be easily taken apart and put back together for repair purposes.
Date: March 26, 1907
Creator: Hadley, William Swain
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ventilator (open access)

Ventilator

Patent for low cost, improved ventilators for Pullman and passenger cars and buildings.
Date: March 26, 1918
Creator: Hedges, Robert S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mixer (open access)

Mixer

Patent for an improved mixer for "use in connection with internal combustion engines" (lines 9-10). The invention is designed to simplify and increase the engine's efficiency while also making construction more affordable.
Date: March 26, 1918
Creator: Warren, John W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Moving-Picture Machine. (open access)

Moving-Picture Machine.

Patent for an improved machine to play films (moving-pictures), synchronizing both sound and picture in a single machine. Division of another patent by the same inventor (Serial No. 765,959) for a sound record film, and is intended to be used in conjunction with said patent.
Date: March 26, 1918
Creator: Craig, Richard M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Phonographic Attachment for Moving-Picture Machines (open access)

Phonographic Attachment for Moving-Picture Machines

Patent for an invention that is "the provision of mechanism whereby a sound record may be made or reproduced synchronously with the taking or reproduction of moving pictures" (Paragraph 100). In addition, the invention enables sound and picture to be recorded on the same machine, so that they sound and the picture match.
Date: March 26, 1918
Creator: Craig, Richard M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Canopy-Support (open access)

Canopy-Support

Patent for canopy support for the bed where the user can attach mosquito netting. The canopy support can be removed and folded when not in use, and is designed to offer simple and efficient support.
Date: March 26, 1918
Creator: Carroll, Houston M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History