Axle Lubricator. (open access)

Axle Lubricator.

Patent for a new and improved axle lubricator. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the barrel or reservoir, its piston, and screw of the passage leading up from the top of the barrel-chamber, and the tube passing through the axle-collar and into a cavity of the axle arm" (lines 92-97).
Date: October 7, 1884
Creator: Keller, Henry
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-3957 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-3957

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: Are probate matters "cases" within the meaning of that term as used in House Bill 1080 with reference to establishment of a county law library in Nueces County.
Date: October 7, 1941
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
86th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 4172, Chapter 468 (open access)

86th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 4172, Chapter 468

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the nonsubstantive revision of certain local laws concerning water and wastewater special districts, including conforming amendments.
Date: June 7, 2019
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Insect-Trap. (open access)

Insect-Trap.

Patent for an insect trap that attracts insects with a light.
Date: February 7, 1911
Creator: Wood, Robert N.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Trap (open access)

Trap

Patent for a trap for catching small animals and insects. Illustrations included.
Date: March 7, 1911
Creator: Lambert, Andrew P.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Flush Valve (open access)

Flush Valve

Patent for flush valve that stabilizes the cup or trough housing mercury.
Date: November 7, 1916
Creator: Cahill, Thomas J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Disk Harrow. (open access)

Disk Harrow.

Patent for novel construction of a Disk Harrow consisting of a wheel-mounted frame which raises and lowers opposite sides independently and frame attached pivotally carrying a gang of harrow disks.
Date: April 7, 1914
Creator: Emmert, Albert
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History