Car Brake (open access)

Car Brake

Patent for a car brake for train cars. Illustrations included.
Date: July 12, 1904
Creator: McKiel, James B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Churn-Dasher. (open access)

Churn-Dasher.

Patent for "a dasher that the force required to operate it may be varied and the time necessary to churn the butter be shortened as the force operating the dasher is increased." (Lines 15-18) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 12, 1895
Creator: Hudson, Charles H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: C-739 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: C-739

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, Waggoner Carr, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Reimbursement by Harrison County to county jail inmates whose money and valuables were taken by escaping prisoners.
Date: August 12, 1966
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement In Baling-Presses (open access)

Improvement In Baling-Presses

Patent for improvement to the construction of a baling press with descriptions and illustrations attached.
Date: August 12, 1879
Creator: Hall, Marcus C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ladder (open access)

Ladder

Patent for ladders, more particularly to one adapted for use in connection with freight-cars. (lines 9-11) Design to prevent the grab-irons from becoming disconnected from the rails. (lines 27-29)
Date: December 12, 1905
Creator: Saling, Thomas W. & McKiel, James
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Temporary Binder (open access)

Temporary Binder

Patent for a temporary binder.
Date: May 12, 1903
Creator: Buford, Paschal
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History