Apparatus for Electroplating Small Metallic Articles. (open access)

Apparatus for Electroplating Small Metallic Articles.

Patent for "apparatus for electroplating small metallic articles, and more particularly certain small clamps used in building fences" (lines 8-11), including illustrations.
Date: August 25, 1903
Creator: Shelton, John F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Socket and Switch for Electric Lights (open access)

Combined Socket and Switch for Electric Lights

Patent for a combined socket and switch for electric lights that allows different bulbs of a chandelier to be turned on separately.
Date: August 20, 1912
Creator: Bailey, Douglas A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Angle-Cock. (open access)

Angle-Cock.

Patent for "a new and improved angle-cock so constructed that the plug cannot be turned by an unauthorized person without the knowledge of the engineer in charge of the train." (Lines 8-12) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: August 25, 1896
Creator: Waldron, William J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: V-1251 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: V-1251

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: Ad valorem taxation of military housing units to be constructed and maintained on Carswell Air Force Base by private enterprise.
Date: August 22, 1951
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-6789 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-6789

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, Grover Sellers, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether persons fishing in the channel of the West Fork of the Trinity River are fishing in Lake Worth proper which requires a special license.
Date: August 19, 1945
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: WW-904 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: WW-904

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: Authority of the Board of Managers of the Tarrant County Hospital District to adopt a retirement program for the benefit of its employees.
Date: August 16, 1960
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-3805 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-3805

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, Gerald Mann, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: From what county fund shall the county treasurer of Tarrant County receive his salary?
Date: August 22, 1941
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
University of Texas at Arlington Operating Budget: 2015 (open access)

University of Texas at Arlington Operating Budget: 2015

Proposed budget for University of Texas at Arlington outlining projected income and expenditures, with supporting documentation and an alphabetical index by department.
Date: August 21, 2014
Creator: University of Texas at Arlington
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Archaeological Survey of the Proposed White Settlement Expansion Pipeline Route, Parker and Tarrant Counties, Texas (open access)

Archaeological Survey of the Proposed White Settlement Expansion Pipeline Route, Parker and Tarrant Counties, Texas

An archaeological survey report of the proposed site of the White Settlement expansion pipeline route in Parker and Tarrant Counties, Texas, performed to determine whether any historic resources were located on the proposed construction sites.
Date: August 1, 2005
Creator: Todd, Jesse
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Change-Over Signal for Motion-Picture Machines (open access)

Automatic Change-Over Signal for Motion-Picture Machines

Patent for an automatic change-over signal for motion picture machines that signals the approach of the end of the film reel.
Date: August 13, 1918
Creator: Wood, Victor & Feegles, De Witt C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automobile-Signal. (open access)

Automobile-Signal.

Patent for a door-mounted automobile turn signal that swings out on an arm to appear at a right angle to the vehicle and is operated by the driver's knee or elbow. The signal is illuminated by an electric lamp and sounds the car horn when deployed.
Date: August 31, 1920
Creator: Carnes, Sam D.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
University of Texas at Arlington Operating Budget: 2014 (open access)

University of Texas at Arlington Operating Budget: 2014

Proposed budget for University of Texas at Arlington outlining projected income and expenditures, with supporting documentation and an alphabetical index by department.
Date: August 21, 2013
Creator: University of Texas at Arlington
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
University of Texas at Arlington Operating Budget: 2016 (open access)

University of Texas at Arlington Operating Budget: 2016

Proposed budget for University of Texas at Arlington outlining projected income and expenditures, with supporting documentation.
Date: August 20, 2015
Creator: University of Texas at Arlington
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
University of Texas at Arlington Operating Budget: 2019 (open access)

University of Texas at Arlington Operating Budget: 2019

Proposed budget for the University of Texas at Arlington outlining projected income and expenditures, with supporting documentation.
Date: August 10, 2018
Creator: University of Texas at Arlington
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
University of Texas at Arlington Operating Budget: 2017 (open access)

University of Texas at Arlington Operating Budget: 2017

Proposed budget for University of Texas at Arlington outlining projected income and expenditures, with supporting documentation.
Date: August 25, 2016
Creator: University of Texas at Arlington
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
University of Texas at Arlington Operating Budget: 2018 (open access)

University of Texas at Arlington Operating Budget: 2018

Proposed budget for University of Texas at Arlington outlining projected income and expenditures, with supporting documentation.
Date: August 24, 2017
Creator: University of Texas at Arlington
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
University of Texas at Arlington Operating Budget: 2013 (open access)

University of Texas at Arlington Operating Budget: 2013

This document provides information about the appropriations and expenditures of the University of Texas at Arlington for the fiscal year ending August 31, 2013.
Date: August 23, 2012
Creator: University of Texas at Arlington
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
University of Texas at Arlington Operating Budget: 2012 (open access)

University of Texas at Arlington Operating Budget: 2012

Proposed budget for University of Texas at Arlington outlining projected income and expenditures, with supporting documentation.
Date: August 25, 2011
Creator: University of Texas at Arlington
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Involuting Drawing Instrument (open access)

Involuting Drawing Instrument

Patent for drawing instrument intended for drawing involuting curves. Includes illustration and instructions.
Date: August 11, 1914
Creator: McCaskill, Oscar E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement In Water-Elevators. (open access)

Improvement In Water-Elevators.

Patent for improvements to water-elevators using water-vessels which are suspended from a chain or cord, also known as endless carriers.
Date: August 18, 1877
Creator: Wright, Martin Van Buten
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Magneto-Electric Telegraphy. (open access)

Magneto-Electric Telegraphy.

Patent for a machine that telegraphs messages between distant points by means of induced currents that produce magnets without the use of battery current, including illustrations.
Date: August 18, 1885
Creator: Brown, Fred H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Valve. (open access)

Valve.

Patent for an improvement in valves which "is adapted for connection with pipes or conduits for conducting water, steam, or other fluids; and the object of the invention is to provide a simple and efficient appliance of this character possessing the functions of both a globe and a check valve; and it is adapted to advantageously control the flow of liquid no matter what position or its casing may occupy" (lines 7-15). It includes instructions and illustrations..
Date: August 15, 1899
Creator: Thummel, John
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Land-Breaking Plow. (open access)

Land-Breaking Plow.

Patent for an agricultural plow that mixes the soil of multiple layers while keeping the soil in its initial layer to conserve moisture and deliver nitrogen. Plow can be motorized or use animals to function.
Date: August 26, 1913
Creator: Reed, Arthur
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Twine-Holders (open access)

Improvement in Twine-Holders

Patent for improvement in twine-holders to help hold twine, cloth and wrapping to counters for ease of cutting, with illustration.
Date: August 13, 1878
Creator: Turner, John William
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History