Attachment for Pianos or Organs (open access)

Attachment for Pianos or Organs

Patent for "an attachment that can be used on pianos or organs, whereby the manipulation of the keys is greatly facilitated and playing upon the instrument greatly simplified, and the attachment is especially designed for those who do not to any great extent understand music or beginners who find it difficult to make the several chords in any particular key, the device being capable of ready attachment to the keyboard of any piano or organ and removed when not required for use" (lines 27-37).
Date: August 9, 1892
Creator: Stukes, John M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Drop-Lid for Bins or Boxes. (open access)

Automatic Drop-Lid for Bins or Boxes.

Patent for "boxes or bins for store counters and shelves; and it has for its object to provide certain improvements in the lid devices for boxes or bins, so as to avoid the many objections to hinged lids, which interfere with free access to the interior of the box or bin when the same is used under the counter or on shelves" (lines 8-15).
Date: August 1, 1893
Creator: Dailey, Basil
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: JM-1202 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: JM-1202

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: Inquest procedures under chapter 49 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure (RQ-2051)
Date: August 6, 1990
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas State University Requests for Legislative Appropriations: Fiscal Years 2016 and 2017 (open access)

Texas State University Requests for Legislative Appropriations: Fiscal Years 2016 and 2017

Report submitted by Texas State University to the Texas 84th regular legislature requesting appropriations to fund programming and activities. It includes an overview of the institution's goals, summaries of appropriations requests for fiscal years 2016 and 2017, and supporting documentation.
Date: August 2014
Creator: Texas State University
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Regional Outlook, 2002: Capital Region (open access)

Texas Regional Outlook, 2002: Capital Region

Report on economic forecast and outlook for the Capital Region describing expected economic change for various industries, employment growth, and county-level analyses.
Date: August 2002
Creator: Texas. Comptroller's Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Edwards Aquifer Hydrogeologic Status Report for 1992 (open access)

Edwards Aquifer Hydrogeologic Status Report for 1992

Report on the status of the Edwards Aquifer, discussing current and historic water levels, trends, and water quality.
Date: August 1993
Creator: Edwards Underground Water District (Tex.). Field Operations Division.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
CAPCOG Connections, August, 2013 (open access)

CAPCOG Connections, August, 2013

Monthly newsletter of the Capital Area Council of Governments discussing news , upcoming events, and other information of relevance for regional planning in the Austin, Texas area.
Date: August 2013
Creator: Capital Area Council of Governments (Austin, Tex.)
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hydrocarbon-Burner. (open access)

Hydrocarbon-Burner.

Patent for a new and useful hydrocarbon burner, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: August 15, 1899
Creator: Jordan, John J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow. (open access)

Plow.

Patent for a new and improved plow. This design "has for its object to construct a plow with a detachable point, which may be removed from the plow in an easy and convenient manner and which may be held securely attached to the plow without the use of bolts" (lines 8-13). It consists in "the combination of a pair of clamping-plates, a seat or base-plate having a downwardly-extending flange secured between the front ends of said plates, said base-plate being provided with a transverse slot, the mold-board and point provided at their meeting edges with flanges" (lines 85-91).
Date: August 26, 1890
Creator: Messer, Jeremiah C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tire Tool (open access)

Tire Tool

Patent for a tool designed to remove the tire casings from vehicle rims and also to replace the casing back on to the rims.
Date: August 18, 1919
Creator: Rylander, William P.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Motor for Sewing Machines. (open access)

Motor for Sewing Machines.

Patent for a new and improved sewing-machine motor. This design has for its object "the production of a motor capable of rapid and convenient adjustment to permit operation by hand or foot . . . Heretofore motors have been provided for [this purpose] but the difficulty experienced in these machines is that during the operation of the machine by hand the treadle forms no substantial support for the feet, the pitman simply being disconnected from the driving-wheel and thrown back. . . . [T]he present invention . . . will obviate the above objection" (lines 10-22).
Date: August 28, 1888
Creator: Briggs, Emma Flora
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Self Cleaning Plow. (open access)

Self Cleaning Plow.

Patent for a new and improved self-cleaning plow. This design consists in "[t]he combination of a mold-board having a plane face on the larger portion of its area, a blade having an axle journaled near the center of the said plane, a wheel journaled in the plow, with its rim parallel to and extending below the landside of the plow, a beveled gear-wheel upon the said wheel-axle, and another beveled wheel upon the blade-axle, engaging each other" (lines 79-87).
Date: August 18, 1885
Creator: Jones, Allen
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Corn and Cotton Planter (open access)

Corn and Cotton Planter

Patent for "a machine for planting corn or cotton, that may be attached to almost any kind of plow, simple in construction, easily repaired by an ordinary blacksmith, and capable of use in a satisfactory manner for planing where stumps and rocks would interfere with the operation of machines of ordinary construction" (lines 9-15).
Date: August 31, 1880
Creator: Krüger, Theodore Charles Herman
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History