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Improved Medical Compound.
Patent for improvements in medical compound.
Date:
January 7, 1868
Creator:
Taylor, Daniel W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Plows.
Patent for a new improvement in agricultural plows that will not clog when used with sticky prairie-soil, including illustration.
Date:
January 27, 1874
Creator:
Ford, Isaac M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Grub-Plow and Stalk-Cutter.
Patent for a device to remove grubs from soil, which consists of an adjustable gage-wheel and a cutter to remove grubs and to cut roots. The cutter can be also used to cut cotton-stalks. It includes illustrations.
Date:
January 14, 1879
Creator:
Talley, Reuben Jones
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Ring and Buckle.
Patent for a new and improved combined ring and buckle. This design is "to provide a device particularly for use in halters, whereby the manufacture of the latter may be accomplished without so much sewing or riveting of the parts together as is required where the ordinary halter-ring is used. [It] is capable of application to purposes other than harnesses" (lines 9-16).
Date:
January 4, 1887
Creator:
Kay, William V.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hay Press.
Patent for a new and improved hay press. This design consists, "with the frame, of the pivot-pin mounted in the end of the frame and having a crank disk on its lower end, the pitman pivoted to said disk, the spring secured to the pitman and the frame, the double-cam secured on the pivot-pin, the sweep loosely mounted on the pivot-pin above the said double cam, and the dogs pivoted within the sweep and bearing on the cam" (lines 59-67).
Date:
January 7, 1890
Creator:
Mayes, Thomas T.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Type-Writing Machine
Patent for improvements to typewriters "to provide means whereby a number of sheets of paper may be inserted at one time and removed successively after each page is written, there by obviating the necessity of removing the completed sheet and replacing it by a new one at the end of each page" (lines 14-20).
Date:
January 14, 1890
Creator:
Pierce, Jesse W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Thill-Tug.
Patent for a simple thill-tug that can be easily connected and disconnected, and is strong and durable. It does not use spring latches, and the device attaches to the harness.
Date:
January 29, 1895
Creator:
Carton, William
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tire-Tightener.
Patent for "devices for tightening the tires on new wheels, as well as wheels that have been in use, and upon which the tires have become loosened, and the object of the invention is to provide a tightener which will be exceedingly simple, durable and economic, and wherein the tightener may be expeditiously and conveniently applied without altering the shape of the felly and at the same time maintain a true circular shape for the tire." (Lines 7-17) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
January 12, 1897
Creator:
Garrett, Robert N.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Clothing - Boiler
Patent for a new and improved clothing-boiler. This design is to "provide a device of this character in which there is practically no danger of the water or suds-boiling over to the exterior" (line 8 - 11).
Date:
January 25, 1898
Creator:
Rylander, William Pitts
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press.
Patent for "...a Bailing-Press for Making Cylindrical Bales of Cotton..." (lines 5-6) including illustrations.
Date:
January 21, 1902
Creator:
Jones, Isaac Van Zandt
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bed
Patent for a bed. This invention is designed for invalids that also provides a bed pan. Illustration included.
Date:
January 8, 1907
Creator:
Myers, Nancy S. A. E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gin Feeder
Patent for a gin feeder. This invention is designed with an automatic stop mechanism to terminate the feeding mechanism whenever the gin becomes choked. Illustration included.
Date:
January 15, 1907
Creator:
Norris, Michael E. & Norris, Jesse L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Chopper or Cultivator.
Patent for a cotton chopper whose shovels are adjustable and that leaves the cotton in small piles behind it.
Date:
January 21, 1908
Creator:
Ferriott, Charles L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Stalk Cutter
Patent for a cotton stalk cutter. This invention is designed for cutting cotton stalks while mounted on an axle, consisting a frame whereby the cutter could be adjusted.
Date:
January 4, 1910
Creator:
Hallmark, Ples C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Airship
Patent for a dirigible airship. Illustrations included.
Date:
January 3, 1911
Creator:
Bradford, William J. D.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Work-Holder
Patent for a work holder designed to hold structures such as doors, windows, and shutters while in construction. Illustrations included.
Date:
January 10, 1911
Creator:
De Bord, James Alexander
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Picker
Patent for cotton picking in relation to the picking needle that is capable of longitudinal movement.
Date:
January 8, 1918
Creator:
Johnson, Billie
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: V-09
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: Exemption from taxation of certain property owned by the Episcopal Church at Belton, Texas, used as a dormitory for Episcopal girls attending Mary Hardin Baylor College.
Date:
January 27, 1947
Creator:
Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Evaluation of Water Resources in Part of Central Texas
Report studying the central Texas region's water resources, with notes that there has been rapid decline and contamination in the area. The aquifer is also being used faster than it can naturally replenish.
Date:
January 1990
Creator:
Baker, Bernard; Duffin, Gail; Flores, Robert & Lynch, Tad
Object Type:
Report
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Evaluation of Water Resources in Bell, Burnet, Travis, Williamson and Parts of Adjacent Counties, Texas
This report summarizes the results of an investigation of potential water supply and water quality problems conducted under the critical area program, Chapter 52 of the Texas Water Code, in Williamson and parts of adjacent counties in Central Texas.
Date:
January 1991
Creator:
Duffin, Gail & Musick, Steven P.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The Portal to Texas History
P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Bell County, Block 1
Parent map for Bell County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:18,000.
Date:
January 11, 2011
Creator:
United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Bell County, Block 2
Parent map for Bell County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:18,000.
Date:
January 11, 2011
Creator:
United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Bell County, Block 3
Parent map for Bell County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:18,000.
Date:
January 11, 2011
Creator:
United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Bell County, Block 4
Parent map for Bell County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:18,000.
Date:
January 11, 2011
Creator:
United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History