Felt Picker (open access)

Felt Picker

Patent for a felt picker. This invention is for use of piano-workmen in making flexible the felts in piano-actions.
Date: June 23, 1903
Creator: Bell, William Jackson
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Stretching Machine. (open access)

Wire-Stretching Machine.

Patent for a wire stretching machine, which is simple to build and operate and is durable and strong.
Date: March 23, 1909
Creator: Edwards, Henry & Sadler, Millard F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Plows. (open access)

Improvement in Plows.

Patent for an improved design of the plow consisting of a modified foot of the plow and curved blade. Illustrations included.
Date: January 23, 1877
Creator: Moore, Thomas M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator. (open access)

Cultivator.

Patent for a cultivator, which has a movable beam for use as a straddle row cultivator that allows the draft animal to walk on either side of the rows of plants.
Date: July 23, 1907
Creator: Nicholson, Matthew H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Soil Survey of Smith County, Texas (open access)

Soil Survey of Smith County, Texas

Text describes the area, climate, agriculture, and soils of Smith County, Texas.
Date: January 23, 1917
Creator: Schoenmann, L. R. (Lee Roy Adolph); Smies, E. H.; Rockie, W. A.; Maxon, E. T.; Hutton, F. Z. & Lewis, H. G. (Henry Guy)
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Valve. (open access)

Valve.

Patent for a valve made up of a shell with a water inlet and a water outlet, a perforation for the valve stem, a gable-shaped seat made from hard metal that is fitted into the shell, a valve stem that works up and down the shell and with a shoulder, a valve with a hollow neck, a soft contact ring between the gable-shaped seat and the face of the valve, a guide and cap that fits in the shell, a stem nut, and a stuffing-box.
Date: July 23, 1895
Creator: Speer, George F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: V-1212 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: V-1212

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: Present maximum salaries of justices of the peace in Smith County.
Date: July 23, 1951
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

Soil map, Texas, Smith County sheet

Map displays soil types along with creeks, lakes, rivers, towns, schools, churches, stores, roads, and railroads. Includes legend and symbols.
Date: January 23, 1917
Creator: United States. Bureau of Soils.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler Operating Budget: 2013 (open access)

University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler Operating Budget: 2013

Operating budget containing information on the proposed appropriations and expenditures of the University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler for fiscal year 2013.
Date: August 23, 2012
Creator: University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
University of Texas at Tyler Operating Budget: 2013 (open access)

University of Texas at Tyler Operating Budget: 2013

This document provides data about the appropriations and expenditures of the University of Texas at Tyler for the fiscal year ending August 31, 2013.
Date: August 23, 2012
Creator: University of Texas at Tyler
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wrench. (open access)

Wrench.

Patent for a wrench that can hold round-headed fastening elements (bolts) so as to prevent from turning in the same direction. The wrench can be held while the jaws grip and hold the round heads of bolts.
Date: October 23, 1917
Creator: Wright, John G.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History