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Bale Band Fastening
Patent for a bale band fastening. Illustration included.
Date:
February 28, 1905
Creator:
Campbell, Douglas M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Arc-Lamp Headlight
Patent for an electric arc headlight for trains, cars, or boats which produces a steady light and lasts long enough to allow travel over long distances.
Date:
February 2, 1909
Creator:
Lacy, Benjamin B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Cleaning Bottoms of Ships.
Patent for apparatus for cleaning the bottom of ships "to provide a simple and practical apparatus for removing barnacles, seaweed, mud, and other adhesions from the sides and bottom of a ship" (line 10).
Date:
February 11, 1902
Creator:
Culpepper, Robert Smith
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cattle-Guard for Railroads.
Patent for a cattle-guard for railroads that is "a series of plates or slates mounted with the capability of partial or complete rotation on axes substantially parallel with the rails and between the said rails and on either side of the track so as to span the road bed or space between the ends of the fence" (lines 25-31). The plates have longitudinal flanges with serrated edges.When the cattle step on the guard, they will experience pain and avoid the spot.
Date:
February 6, 1894
Creator:
Lee, Jacob M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Spark-Arrester.
Patent for the "construction of a spark-arrester adapted to the smoke-stack of any locomotive" (lines 12-13) detailing a new and better combination and arrangement of plates and screens.
Date:
February 10, 1880
Creator:
Wiggin, John E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: V-1012
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: The applicability of State inspection fees to a fertilizer sold by the City of Houston.
Date:
February 21, 1950
Creator:
Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: M-21
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, Crawford Martin, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Tax status of building owned by the Diocese of Galveston-Houston, Roman Catholic Church.
Date:
February 9, 1967
Creator:
Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: S-3
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, John Ben Shepperd, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Duty of Criminal District Attorney of Harris County generally in civil matters and to represent Harris County Flood Control District.
Date:
February 9, 1953
Creator:
Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-3049
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: Accrual of tax levied by Article 7047(41.a), Vernon's Annotated Revised Civil Statutes of Texas, upon the sale of cement to contractor under a "cost-plus-affixed-fee" contract with the War Department for the construction of a Total and Explosive plant at Baytown, Texas.
Date:
February 21, 1941
Creator:
Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Wheel Buffer
Patent for an improved construction for a vehicle-wheel buffer which eliminates deterioration of its components found in ordinary type buffer. This invention implements an anti-friction mounting which allows the buffer to rotate freely.
Date:
February 25, 1915
Creator:
Kettler, Martin F.; M. F. Kettler
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Compound Air-Compressor.
Patent for an improved Compound Air-Compressor by having four cylinders, in pairings of a high pressure and a low pressure cylinders. The air from the low pressure cylinder will be fed to the high pressure cylinder. The pistons will work in succession rather than simultaneously.
Date:
February 17, 1920
Creator:
Jones, Oceola
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Perspectives, Volume 6, Number 6, February 1984
Publication of the University of Houston System describing campus events, academic programs and research, student and alumni activities, and other informatin of interest to the community.
Date:
February 1984
Creator:
University of Houston System
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Perspectives, Special Edition, February 1982
Publication of the University of Houston System describing campus events, academic programs and research, student and alumni activities, and other informatin of interest to the community.
Date:
February 1982
Creator:
University of Houston
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Perspectives, Volume 4, Number 6, February 1982
Publication of the University of Houston System describing campus events, academic programs and research, student and alumni activities, and other informatin of interest to the community.
Date:
February 1982
Creator:
University of Houston
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Perspectives, Volume 3, Number 5, February 1981
Publication of the University of Houston System describing campus events, academic programs and research, student and alumni activities, and other informatin of interest to the community.
Date:
February 1981
Creator:
University of Houston
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rising Houston Sales: Retail, Wholesale, and Business, 1963 and 1958 Comparison
A comparative study of retail, wholesale, and service business performance in Houston for 1958 and 1963.
Date:
February 1966
Creator:
Young, John R.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Perspectives, Special Edition, February 1980
Publication of the University of Houston System describing campus events, academic programs and research, student and alumni activities, and other information of interest to the community.
Date:
February 1980
Creator:
University of Houston
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Open Records Letter Ruling: OR2000-0339
Document issued by the Open Records Division at the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an informal interpretation of Texas law related to a request received by the City of Houston for an incident report.
Date:
February 2, 2000
Creator:
Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Open Records Letter Ruling: OR2000-0392
Document issued by the Open Records Division at the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an informal interpretation of Texas law related to a request received by the University of Houston regarding a copy of a sexual harassment investigation file.
Date:
February 3, 2000
Creator:
Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Open Records Letter Ruling: OR 2000-0372
Document issued by the Open Records Division at the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an informal interpretation of Texas law related to a request for copies of fee bills for the Central Heights Independent School District during the years 1996, 1997, 1998, and 1999.
Date:
February 3, 2000
Creator:
Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Open Records Letter Ruling: OR2000-0361
Document issued by the Open Records Division at the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an informal interpretation of Texas law related to a request for a specified internal affairs investigation report for the City of Houston.
Date:
February 3, 2000
Creator:
Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus For Forcing Fluid From Wells.
Patent for a narrow device to use fluid dynamics to remove certain fluids without loss of others. The apparatus is let down the well until one end is submerged before pressurized with air to seperate fluids and bring oil up to the surface of the well.
Date:
February 22, 1921
Creator:
Bodungen, Charles G.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Bale-Forming Presses.
Patent for an attachment for bale-forming presses consisting of needles, wire storage spools, and a "yieldable mechanism" allowing the wire to pass (line 17) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
February 26, 1918
Creator:
Freeman, Lawrence K.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Anticreeper for Railway Rails.
Patent for an anti-creeper with improved strength and serviceability "in the location and construction of the tie abutting portion" (lines 28-29).
Date:
February 26, 1918
Creator:
Weston, William S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History