Hand-Car. (open access)

Hand-Car.

Patent for improvements in hand-cars by “providing gearing operated by cranks, on the shaft of which are arranged triangular balance devices, the cranks being adjustable by means of set-screws of other analogous means, so that they may be made to operate the wheels in either direction desired.” (Lines 24-29) Illustration is included.
Date: October 6, 1891
Creator: Lo Casto, Tony
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Treadle-Spring. (open access)

Treadle-Spring.

Patent for an improved treadle spring to be used in treadles that are used in sewing machines, scroll-saws, and similar machines. It is simple, inexpensive, efficient, and requires less effort to operate the treadle. The spring does not move while in use.
Date: March 6, 1894
Creator: Frank, Gustav, Jr.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-4099 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-4099

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;Employment and salary of school bus driver and route of operation of his bus.
Date: October 6, 1941
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History