Apparatus for Making Carbureted Hydrogen Gas. (open access)

Apparatus for Making Carbureted Hydrogen Gas.

Patent for improved apparatus for manufacturing carbureted gas at small cost for illuminating and general heating and power purposes.
Date: March 5, 1912
Creator: Herndon, Joseph R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatically-Adjustable Headlight for Locomotives (open access)

Automatically-Adjustable Headlight for Locomotives

Patent for an automatically adjustable headlight for locomotives or streetcars which rotates when the vehicle is tilted going around a curve to allow the light to shine around the curve.
Date: March 2, 1909
Creator: Cooper, William M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Wringers and Washing-Machines (open access)

Attachment for Wringers and Washing-Machines

Patent for an attachment for wringers and washing machines that allows the washing machine to be moved directly from the washing tub to the rinsing tub.
Date: March 21, 1911
Creator: Flood, William E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Auxiliary Piano Pedal (open access)

Auxiliary Piano Pedal

Patent for an auxiliary piano pedal. This invention is an improvement to the construction of an auxiliary pedal and foot-rest for children. Illustration included.
Date: March 19, 1907
Creator: Norcross, Levi Watson
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Advertising Clock (open access)

Advertising Clock

Patent for an advertising clock. This invention is designed to display advertisement at regular intervals. Illustration included.
Date: March 2, 1909
Creator: Barnett, John Beverly & Turner, W. N.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Exhaust-Controlling Valve. (open access)

Exhaust-Controlling Valve.

Patent for new exhaust-controlling valve mechanisms in steam or air engines, including illustrations.
Date: March 27, 1906
Creator: Inman, Wesley J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Corset. (open access)

Corset.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in corsets, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 6, 1900
Creator: Marple, Grace
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Cut-off for Rotary Engines (open access)

Automatic Cut-off for Rotary Engines

Patent for improvements "to the means for actuating the valves controlling the steam supply" (lines 10-12).
Date: March 6, 1890
Creator: Wallerich, Nicholas
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Angle-Cock. (open access)

Angle-Cock.

Patent for "a locking device for the train pipe valve or plug, and a connection separate from the train pipe and under the control of the engineer, to manipulate the said locking device and secure the valve or plug in position." (Lines 13-18) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 19, 1895
Creator: Waldron, William J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Concurrent Resolution 58 (open access)

79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Concurrent Resolution 58

Concurrent resolution introduced by the Texas House of Representatives and Senate recognizing February 15, 2005, as Tarrant County Day at the State Capitol.
Date: March 1, 2005
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
78th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 858, Chapter 62 (open access)

78th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 858, Chapter 62

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the salaries of certain judges in Tarrant County.
Date: 2003-03/2003-05
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: C-422 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: C-422

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, Waggoner Carr, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether the office of Justice of the Peace in Tarrant County has the same authority to conduct inquests and order autopsies now, as it did prior January 1, 1965, and related questions.
Date: March 14, 1965
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: WW-568 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: WW-568

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, Will Wilson, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Constitutionality of H.B. No. 179, 56th Leg., requiring the Commissioners Court of Tarrant County to submit the Optional County Road Law to the vote of the qualified voters of the County.
Date: March 9, 1959
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: WW-579 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: WW-579

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, Will Wilson, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: May the Commissioners' Court of Tarrant County in submitting to competitive bidding a proposed contract calling for an expenditure of $2,000 or more for the purchase of equipment or machinery specify the manufacturer or brand of the equipment or machinery sought to be bid upon, or embody in the specifications limitations which would restrict the number of bidders to one.
Date: March 23, 1959
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Antikicking Device for Automobiles. (open access)

Antikicking Device for Automobiles.

Patent for a device that catches the crank of hand crank automobiles which were typical of the early 1900s in the United States of America. The invention addresses controlling the motion of the crank and preventing the crank from causing injury.
Date: March 20, 1917
Creator: Miller, Herman P.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automobile-Clutch. (open access)

Automobile-Clutch.

Patent for improvements to automobile clutches with the objectives of avoiding a jerky start, preserving integrity of friction surfaces, associating with anti-friction bearings to minimize load on motor, and producing an economical clutch.
Date: March 31, 1914
Creator: Bryant, Clarence R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Aeroplane. (open access)

Aeroplane.

Patent for improving the fuselage for aeroplanes by "securing double strength throughout the body and [...] be light and durable" (lines 12-14). Provides rudder, landing gear, telescopic joint, and sprocket gear improvements, including illustrations.
Date: March 28, 1916
Creator: Smith, Glen B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Safety Attachment for Locomotive-Cabs. (open access)

Safety Attachment for Locomotive-Cabs.

Patent for a locomotive engine safety device involving a detachable protective carrier that releases from the engineer's cab allowing escape from the locomotive engine cab in case of danger, including illustrations.
Date: March 2, 1915
Creator: Uttz, William A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Fire-Alarm. (open access)

Automatic Fire-Alarm.

Patent for an improved automatic fire-alarm, which will sound an alarm, release water from pipes, and alert the fire station.
Date: March 17, 1914
Creator: Singleton, Joseph J. C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Carbureter Attachment. (open access)

Carbureter Attachment.

Patent for a carbureter attachment.
Date: March 19, 1918
Creator: McDonald, James A. & Harris, James H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Review of Soils Design, Construction, and Performance Observations: Benbrook Dam, Texas (open access)

Review of Soils Design, Construction, and Performance Observations: Benbrook Dam, Texas

"This report contains a summary of construction of procedures and field observations made during and after construction of Benbrook Dam, a brief review of the original design data, and comparisons of design predictions with performance data" (p. 1). It is part of a series to compare field experience and performance of existing structures with design predictions.
Date: March 1957
Creator: Waterways Experiment Station (U.S.)
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
82nd Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 483, Chapter 66 (open access)

82nd Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 483, Chapter 66

Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to the powers and duties of criminal law magistrates in Tarrant County.
Date: 2011-03/2011-05
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Archaeological Survey of the Proposed Marine Creek Corridor Linear Park Improvements Project Area, Tarrant County, Texas (open access)

Archaeological Survey of the Proposed Marine Creek Corridor Linear Park Improvements Project Area, Tarrant County, Texas

An archaeological survey report of the proposed site of the Marine Creek Corridor Linear Park Improvements Project in Fort Worth, Texas to determine whether there were any cultural resources in the area.
Date: March 8, 2012
Creator: Chavez, Michael R. & Hall, Crystal
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Archaeological Survey Along Portions of the Proposed Grand Prairie Thirty-Inch Water Pipeline Route, Dallas and Tarrant Counties, Texas (open access)

Archaeological Survey Along Portions of the Proposed Grand Prairie Thirty-Inch Water Pipeline Route, Dallas and Tarrant Counties, Texas

An archaeological survey report of the proposed Grand Prairie water pipeline route in Dallas and Tarrant Counties, Texas, performed to determine whether any historic resources were located on the proposed construction sites.
Date: March 5, 2007
Creator: Todd, Jesse
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History