Back-Brace (open access)

Back-Brace

Patent for improvement on back braces, specifically to improve the performances of people who repeatedly stoop for their jobs. The back brace aims to relieve the stress on back muscles.
Date: November 14, 1911
Creator: Thornton, Henry C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Dumping Cage (open access)

Automatic Dumping Cage

Patent for a new and improved automatic dumping cage. This invention is to "use in the shafts of coal and other mines"(line 9-10).
Date: November 30, 1897
Creator: Gordon, William K.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Air-Brake Governor (open access)

Air-Brake Governor

Patent for an air brake governor improvement that regulates the pressure of fluid or air in the braking system as to prevent it from braking with too much pressure.
Date: July 10, 1906
Creator: Williams, Leonard F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Scissors or Shears. (open access)

Scissors or Shears.

Patent for scissors or shears which open automatically due to a central, coiled spring.
Date: November 7, 1911
Creator: Allison, Robert L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Vehicle-Brakes. (open access)

Attachment for Vehicle-Brakes.

Patent for "an extension-handle for the manipulating-levers of vehicle-brakes" (lines 9-10). This invention was designed especially for vehicles with extra side-boards, so the brakes can be employed as conveniently as possible while the driver would normally have a hard time reaching the brake-lever.
Date: February 2, 1897
Creator: Edwards, Joshua H. & Edwards, Willie W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Break (open access)

Automatic Break

Patent for an automatic break that can be applied automatically when going down any kind of hill and would dissengage whenever the vehicle drives on a flat road or up a hill.
Date: November 29, 1892
Creator: McKee, James A. & Hatchett, Pink C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ant-Trap (open access)

Ant-Trap

Patent for an ant trap,with illustrations. Purpose of the invention was to be efficient more efficient in both cost and use in comparison to other ant traps being sold at the time.
Date: July 30, 1889
Creator: Davis, Edwin E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Band Cutter and Feeder for Thrashers. (open access)

Band Cutter and Feeder for Thrashers.

Patent for a new and improved feeder and band cutter for thrashers. This design consists "[i]n a band-cutter for a thrasher, the combination with the main frame, main shaft, platforms, and mechanism adapted and arranged to cut the bands, of the crank, rod, oscillating shaft provided with the crank arms . . . reciprocating rod, and depending rod" (lines 38-44).
Date: March 31, 1885
Creator: Cook, Emmanuel Thomas
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Concurrent Resolution 30 (open access)

79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Concurrent Resolution 30

Concurrent resolution introduced by the Texas House of Representatives and Senate designating Dublin as the official Irish Capital of Texas.
Date: June 18, 2005
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 495, Chapter 1198 (open access)

79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 495, Chapter 1198

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the student enrollment required for the operation of Texas A&M University--Central Texas as an independent general academic teaching institution.
Date: June 18, 2005
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: JM-1172 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: JM-1172

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, Jim Mattox, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Authority of a sheriff to impose a $20 fee on an inmate who is released on bond (RQ-1944)
Date: May 2, 1990
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-1 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-1

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, Greg Abbott, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Legal effects of groundwater conservation district election held in Bosque, Comanche, and Erath counties (RQ-0557-JC)
Date: December 17, 2002
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

2000 Census County Block Map: Hamilton County, Block 1

Parent map for Hamilton County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:24,000.
Date: 2000
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

2000 Census County Block Map: Comanche County, Block 10

Parent map for Comanche County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:27,500.
Date: 2000
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

2000 Census County Block Map: Erath County, Inset C01

Inset map for Erath County, Texas showing detail within a census block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:7,000.
Date: 2000
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

2000 Census County Block Map: Erath County, Block 18

Parent map for Erath County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:20,000.
Date: 2000
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

2000 Census County Block Map: Comanche County, Block 3

Parent map for Comanche County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:27,500.
Date: 2000
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

2000 Census County Block Map: Erath County, Block 14

Parent map for Erath County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:20,000.
Date: 2000
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

2000 Census County Block Map: Bosque County, Index

Index map for Bosque County, Texas showing the distribution of census blocks and smaller inset areas for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:109,260.
Date: 2000
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

2000 Census County Block Map: Comanche County, Block 7

Parent map for Comanche County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:27,500.
Date: 2000
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

2000 Census County Block Map: Bosque County, Block 1

Parent map for Bosque County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:20,000.
Date: 2000
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

2000 Census County Block Map: Erath County, Block 7

Parent map for Erath County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:20,000.
Date: 2000
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

2000 Census County Block Map: Eastland County, Block 10

Parent map for Eastland County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:17,500.
Date: 2000
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

2000 Census County Block Map: Hood County, Block 12

Parent map for Hood County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:12,500.
Date: 2000
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History