Platform Treadle For Hand Cars (open access)

Platform Treadle For Hand Cars

Patent for a platform treadle for hand cars. Illustration included.
Date: October 17, 1905
Creator: Allison, Andrew J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gas-Generator. (open access)

Gas-Generator.

Patent for a gas generator "which will be entirely automatic in its action so long as the supply of oil is kept up and thereby render the use of weights and winding apparatus unnecessary." (Lines 21-24) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 17, 1895
Creator: Henderson, Thomas & Stapp, William A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Buggy-Top Support (open access)

Buggy-Top Support

Patent for a buggy top support which has springs in it to absorb shocks from bumps and is compact.
Date: November 17, 1908
Creator: Martin, Edward G. & Miller, Joseph S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: V-23 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: V-23

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, Price Daniel, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether the Commissioners' Court of Smith County may legally expend county funds to build a dwelling for the use and occupancy of the county engineer.
Date: February 17, 1947
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sod Cutting and Disintegrating Machine. (open access)

Sod Cutting and Disintegrating Machine.

Patent for a sod cutting and disintegrating machine that has a wheel-supported frame, inclined elevator, plow attached to the elevator, front truck, and disintegrating rollers.
Date: August 17, 1920
Creator: Thompson, Robert L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History