Baling-Press. (open access)

Baling-Press.

Patent for "new and useful Improvements in Baling-Presses." (line 6-7) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: February 20, 1906
Creator: Abbot, Thomas & Abbot, Harry B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Utilization of Aluminum-Chlorid Residues. (open access)

Utilization of Aluminum-Chlorid Residues.

Patent for "new and useful Improvements in the Utilization of Aluminum Chlorid Residues" (lines 6-7) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: February 24, 1920
Creator: Abbott, Lyle Stockton
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rumor, Volume 30, Number 2, February 1980 (open access)

Rumor, Volume 30, Number 2, February 1980

Monthly newsletter of the Abilene State School discussing news within the organization and other topics of interest to their employees.
Date: February 1980
Creator: Abilene State School
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Seat - Action Flushing Apparatus. (open access)

Seat - Action Flushing Apparatus.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in seat-action flushing apparatus. This design is to "provide a cistern into which the water is admitted only when the seat is occupied" (line 14-17).
Date: February 8, 1898
Creator: Ackley, George D.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Trombone. (open access)

Trombone.

Patent, including illustration, for "a musical instrument slide and is more particularly designated as a bearing or stocking for a trombone or other similar instruments in which it is desirable to provide a smooth bearing for the slidable part of the instrument" (page 1, lines 9-13).
Date: February 17, 1920
Creator: Ackley, William D.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Book Adjuster. (open access)

Book Adjuster.

Patent for a new and improved book-adjuster. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the holder having the horizontal longitudinal recess and the vertical screw-threaded aperture, of the base-piece, the adjusting-screw swiveled at its lower end in the said base-piece, and the spring-catch" (lines 3-8).
Date: February 8, 1887
Creator: Adair, Irvine James
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bag Holder and Filler. (open access)

Bag Holder and Filler.

Patent for a new and improved bag holder and filler. This design "consists of an expansible bag holding and filling funnel composed of a metallic strip having overlapping edges and provided with attached spring-wires, such funnel being capable of contraction to enter a bag, and of expanding therein for the purpose of holding and filling the bag" (lines 13-19).
Date: February 6, 1883
Creator: Adkisson, Duncan Rudolph
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
ACTVE News, Volume 6, Number 2, February 1975 (open access)

ACTVE News, Volume 6, Number 2, February 1975

Newsletter issued by the Advisory Council for Technical-Vocational Education in Texas discussing news, events, and other relevant information related to technical and vocational education for adults in Texas.
Date: February 1975
Creator: Advisory Council for Technical-Vocational Education in Texas
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
ACTVE News, Volume 7, Number 2, February 1976 (open access)

ACTVE News, Volume 7, Number 2, February 1976

Newsletter issued by the Advisory Council for Technical-Vocational Education in Texas discussing news, events, and other relevant information related to technical and vocational education for adults in Texas.
Date: February 1976
Creator: Advisory Council for Technical-Vocational Education in Texas
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
ACTVE News, Volume 8, Number 1, February 1977 (open access)

ACTVE News, Volume 8, Number 1, February 1977

Newsletter issued by the Advisory Council for Technical-Vocational Education in Texas discussing news, events, and other relevant information related to technical and vocational education for adults in Texas.
Date: February 1977
Creator: Advisory Council for Technical-Vocational Education in Texas
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
ACTVE News, Volume 9, Number 2, February 1978 (open access)

ACTVE News, Volume 9, Number 2, February 1978

Newsletter issued by the Advisory Council for Technical-Vocational Education in Texas discussing news, events, and other relevant information related to technical and vocational education for adults in Texas.
Date: February 1978
Creator: Advisory Council for Technical-Vocational Education in Texas
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
ACTVE News, Volume 10, Number 2, February 1979 (open access)

ACTVE News, Volume 10, Number 2, February 1979

Newsletter issued by the Advisory Council for Technical-Vocational Education in Texas discussing news, events, and other relevant information related to technical and vocational education for adults in Texas.
Date: February 1979
Creator: Advisory Council for Technical-Vocational Education in Texas
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
ACTVE News, Volume 11, Number 2, February 1980 (open access)

ACTVE News, Volume 11, Number 2, February 1980

Newsletter issued by the Advisory Council for Technical-Vocational Education in Texas discussing news, events, and other relevant information related to technical and vocational education for adults in Texas.
Date: February 1980
Creator: Advisory Council for Technical-Vocational Education in Texas
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
ACTVE News, Volume 12, Number 2, February 1981 (open access)

ACTVE News, Volume 12, Number 2, February 1981

Newsletter issued by the Advisory Council for Technical-Vocational Education in Texas discussing news, events, and other relevant information related to technical and vocational education for adults in Texas.
Date: February 1981
Creator: Advisory Council for Technical-Vocational Education in Texas
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
ACTVE News, Volume 13, Number 2, February 1982 (open access)

ACTVE News, Volume 13, Number 2, February 1982

Newsletter issued by the Advisory Council for Technical-Vocational Education in Texas discussing news, events, and other relevant information related to technical and vocational education for adults in Texas.
Date: February 1982
Creator: Advisory Council for Technical-Vocational Education in Texas
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
ACTVE News, Volume 14, Number 2, February 1983 (open access)

ACTVE News, Volume 14, Number 2, February 1983

Newsletter issued by the Advisory Council for Technical-Vocational Education in Texas discussing news, events, and other relevant information related to technical and vocational education for adults in Texas.
Date: February 1983
Creator: Advisory Council for Technical-Vocational Education in Texas
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
ACTVE News, Volume 15, Number 1, February 1984 (open access)

ACTVE News, Volume 15, Number 1, February 1984

Newsletter issued by the Advisory Council for Technical-Vocational Education in Texas discussing news, events, and other relevant information related to technical and vocational education for adults in Texas.
Date: February 1984
Creator: Advisory Council for Technical-Vocational Education in Texas
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Proceedings: Symposium on Economic Development and Vocational Education, 1985 (open access)

Proceedings: Symposium on Economic Development and Vocational Education, 1985

Proceedings of Economic Development and Vocational Education held in Austin, Texas on February 8, 1985 that focused on the relationship between vocational schools and business, and the preparation of vocational students for the current economy.
Date: February 8, 1985
Creator: Advisory Council for Technical-Vocational Education in Texas
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Program: Statewide Conference on Technical, Vocational, Adult Education 1980] (open access)

[Program: Statewide Conference on Technical, Vocational, Adult Education 1980]

Program for the Statewide Conference on Technical, Vocational. Adult Education held February 12-13, 1980 including schedules, presenter biographies, general information, etc.
Date: February 27, 1980
Creator: Advisory Council for Technical-Vocational Education in Texas
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Guard Doors and the Like (open access)

Guard Doors and the Like

Patent for improved guards for doors.
Date: February 13, 1917
Creator: Agee, Howard L. & Agee, Sidney A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Barreling Soap-Stock. (open access)

Apparatus for Barreling Soap-Stock.

Patent for "an apparatus for filling barrels with soap-stock or other thick liquid of similar consistency, the object being to provide a machine whereby the barrels may be filled quickly through the bung-hole." (Lines 12-16) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: February 9, 1897
Creator: Ahrenbeck, William C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire Stretcher. (open access)

Wire Stretcher.

Patent for a new and improved wire stretcher. This design consists in "a frame having two arms, one carrying a fixed clamp and the other a roller, a windlass mounted on said frame having a rope passing over said roller and adapted to be fixed to an end of wire, and a central clamp consisting of a rigid bar on the frame between its arms, a notched clamp pivoted thereon, and a ring for retaining the clamp" (lines 6-14).
Date: February 22, 1887
Creator: Ainsworth, Phineas Hardaman
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Guard-Rail Clamp (open access)

Guard-Rail Clamp

Patent for a guard rail clamp. Illustrations included.
Date: February 25, 1913
Creator: Akers, Harry R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car-Starter (open access)

Car-Starter

Patent for "a new and improved car-starter adapted for all kinds of cars and vehicles, being specially of great value on grades" (lines 8-11).
Date: February 5, 1889
Creator: Akers, William P. & Lindsey, John C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History