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Improvement in Carriage-Axle Boxes.
Patent for "a new and useful improvement in carriage-axle boxes and spindles" (lines 3-5), includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 11, 1877
Creator:
Sitton, William A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Churn.
Patent for a churn that can be easily operated and does not let flies or dust collect around its top. It is operated by turning a handle which is connected via a rope and a series of pulleys to the churn.
Date:
December 19, 1893
Creator:
Nanny, Amos William
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire Stretcher.
Patent for a new and improved wire stretcher. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with a block carrying bails or loops, and longitudinally grooved, of racks mounted within said grooves, a crank-shaft carrying a pinion, said shaft being mounted in standards secured to the block, pawls arranged to engage with ratchet-teeth formed in the racks, and clamping-jaws fixed to opposite ends of the racks" (lines 87-94).
Date:
December 14, 1886
Creator:
Graham, Andrew Bascome
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Weighing Attachment for Wagons
Patent for improvements in the weighing attachments for wagons so that "the wagon body with its contents may be weighed without removing it from the holsters; and it has for its object to provide a device which shall be simple in construction, accurate, and easily operated" (lines 10-14).
Date:
December 31, 1889
Creator:
Gragg, Zachry Taylor
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pump.
Patent for a pump "whereby the pressure exerted upon the liquid in the pressure-pipe is alternately high and low, the high pressure being utilized to elevate the pump-rod, giving a rapid upstroke, and the low pressure to lower said rod gradually and insure a return flow of the liquid in the pressure-pipe." (Lines 26-33) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 15, 1896
Creator:
Clarkson, William
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hydraulic Pump.
Patent for a pump that operates "a pump-rod designed especially to dispense with valves, valve-cages, or other impedimenta to the flow of liquid" (lines 40-44). It is capable of pumping liquids to elevated heights.
Date:
December 15, 1896
Creator:
Clarkson, William
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hydraulic Pump
Patent for a hydraulic pump with "means for automatically supplying water to the pressure-pipe while the pump is working to replenish waste or leakage." (Lines 18-20) Includes instructions or illustrations.
Date:
December 15, 1896
Creator:
Clarkson, William
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Swinging Chair.
Patent for improvements in swinging chairs for children, "which will render the chair automatic in operation or require but little exertion from the child occupying it, there being little or no danger of the child falling out while the chair is swinging," (lines 14-18) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
September 3, 1891
Creator:
Eller, Julius M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Screen-Operating Mechanism for WIndow-Screens.
Patent for a screen-operating mechanism for window-screens. It is meant to hide the mechanism from view and to improve the way the screen is raised and lowered. It also moves the "upper sash in one direction moves the screen in the reverse direction, the construction being such that the motion-transmitting gearing does not in any manner interfere with the use of ordinary window-sashes balanced by weights or springs, or the use of sashes of which the upper one only is movable" (lines 24-30).
Date:
December 17, 1895
Creator:
Leary, Frank S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fire Place Blower.
Patent for a new and improved fire-place blower. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the jambs of a fireplace, of a frame consisting of front-pieces detachably fastened to the jambs, back pieces fastened to the respective front pieces and formed with steps, and a top board connecting the sides of the frame, together with sections resting on the steps and forming a fire-screen and blower" (lines 10-17).
Date:
December 14, 1886
Creator:
Baker, Henry F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: WW-308
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: Does the Tax Assessor-Collector for Johnson County have the proper authority to assess and collect taxes for the Johnson County Rural Fire Prevention District established under the Rural Fire Prevention Districts Act, Vernon's Annotated Civil Statutes, Article 2531a-6?
Date:
December 13, 1957
Creator:
Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Finders Keepers, Volume 1, Number 3, December 1984
The quarterly newsletter of Johnson County Genealogical Society contains information related to the activities of the society and its members as well as genealogical notes and history for the Johnson County, Texas and surrounding areas.
Date:
December 1984
Creator:
Johnson County Genealogical Society (Tex.)
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Somervell County, Block 3
Parent map for Somervell County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:14,000.
Date:
December 14, 2010
Creator:
United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Somervell County, Block 7
Parent map for Somervell County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:14,000.
Date:
December 14, 2010
Creator:
United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): 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 1:15,000.
Date:
December 14, 2010
Creator:
United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Somervell County, Index
Index map for Somervell 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 1:57,316.
Date:
December 14, 2010
Creator:
United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Hood County, Inset C01
Inset map for Hood County, Texas showing detail within a census block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:959.
Date:
December 14, 2010
Creator:
United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Hood County, Block 8
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 1:15,000.
Date:
December 14, 2010
Creator:
United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Hood County, Block 4
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 1:15,000.
Date:
December 14, 2010
Creator:
United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Parker County, Block 16
Parent map for Parker County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:17,000.
Date:
December 14, 2010
Creator:
United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Parker County, Index
Index map for Parker 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 1:86,998.
Date:
December 14, 2010
Creator:
United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Measuring Machine
Patent for an automatic measuring machine. Illustration included.
Date:
December 21, 1909
Creator:
Whitten, Edgar, Jr. & Harrell, Attie Alfred
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Headlight.
Patent for Locomotive-headlights, "and has for its principal object to so construct the lamp and its casing as to permit of the lighting or adjusting the lamp-blaze from the back of the headlight box…” (lines 8-13) including illustrations.
Date:
December 2, 1902
Creator:
Stanton, James Robertson
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ant Trap
Patent for an ant trap. Illustration included.
Date:
December 28, 1909
Creator:
Mercer, John W.; Hasha, W. C. & Estes, W. N.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History