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Device for Sheltering Animals.
Patent for a new and improved animal shelter. This design "relates to a device which may be adapted for use as a hen's nest, a dog-kennel, a stable for domestic animals, or for analogous purposes. The principle of construction prevalent in all these different adaptations for use of the device consists of certain improved means for automatically closing the door as the animal steps into a vertically-swinging compartment, and for automatically opening the door as the animal leaves said swinging compartment" (lines 13-23).
Date:
December 21, 1880
Creator:
Austin, John Overton
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Window-Shade Bracket.
Patent for a window shade bracket, which holds the shade straight.
Date:
December 7, 1909
Creator:
Brown, Colbert W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling
Patent for improvements to railroad car couplings granted to Conrad H. Carpenter. Improvements simplify the coupling construction and allow the cars to be couples automatically.
Date:
December 27, 1892
Creator:
Carpenter, Conrad H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wind-Motor.
Patent for wind motors that has new and useful improvements," is simple and durable in its constructions, very effective and powerful in operation, transmits the force of a series of wind-wheels to a common shaft for driving pumps or other machines" (lines 11-16).
Date:
December 16, 1902
Creator:
Cochran, James M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Envelop.
Patent for an envelope "whereby the cutting device acts as a partial ejector for the letter" (lines 12-13), including illustrations and instructions.
Date:
December 1, 1914
Creator:
Donaldson, James Macon
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Regional Water Plan: Region C, 2016, Volume 1. Main Report
Water plan for Region C describing the areas water resources and suppliers, usage statistics and forecasts, threats and water needs, methodology for making the plan, water conservation methods and plans, and recommendations on water management for different water suppliers and counties.
Date:
December 2015
Creator:
Freese and Nichols, Inc.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Regional Water Plan: Region C, 2016, Volume 2. Appendices A-P
Appendices to the water plan for Region C including a bibliography, water supply charts and reports, water management strategies, and related reports.
Date:
December 2015
Creator:
Freese and Nichols, Inc.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Regional Water Plan: Region C, 2016, Volume 3. Appendices Q-Z
Appendices Q-Z for the Water plan for Region C including cost estimates, newsletters, comments on the plan and actions taken to answer them, and reports related to different aspects of the water plan.
Date:
December 2015
Creator:
Freese and Nichols, Inc.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Quilting Frame.
Patent for a new and improved quilting frame for sewing machines. This design consists "[i]n a quilting frame, the combination, with suitable supporting standards having an inclined V-shaped track secured thereto, of a rail having rollers mounted upon the side thereof and traveling upon said track, depending brackets secured to the ends of said rail, transverse secured to the ends of said depending rods, and rollers having bearing in said transverse strips" (lines 3-11).
Date:
December 9, 1884
Creator:
German, Francis M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Washing Apparatus.
Patent for a "new and useful Washing Apparatus" (lines 6-7) that decreases the cost and increases the efficiency of current washing machines by automatically circulating hot water and steam through the clothes.
Date:
December 1, 1903
Creator:
Huffman, Wiliam Anthony & Huffman, Oscar Moses
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Foldable Crate or Coop.
Patent for a new and useful fordable crate or coop, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 27, 1898
Creator:
Moss, John O.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Addressing-Machines.
Patent for a new and improved design of addressing-machine which is intended for use in newspaper offices and business purposes in general. It includes illustrations.
Date:
December 17, 1878
Creator:
Piner, John
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Primary Care Case Management Primary Care Provider and Hospital List: Metroplex, December 2011
List of Primary Care Case Management program approved primary care providers, hospitals, specialists, and family planning providers, located in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex area.
Date:
December 2011
Creator:
Primary Care Case Management
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Reed-Organ.
Patent for "a removable attachment for a reed organ or harmonium, to be placed upon the wind chest either the tremble or bass end of the keyboard, or at both ends..." (lines 8-12) including illustrations and instructions.
Date:
December 30, 1913
Creator:
Rue, Oliver H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Combined Cultivator and Planter.
Patent for "a new and useful improvement in a combined corn and cotton planter and cultivator" (lines 3-6), includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 18, 1877
Creator:
Skinner, Miles T.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Meat-Scale.
Patent for a meat scale "designed for weighing large pieces of meat while the scale is also adjustable subsequent to determining the total weight of the meat" (lines 16-19) including illustrations.
Date:
December 17, 1918
Creator:
Stringer, Joe John
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Collin County, Block 9
Parent map for Collin County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:7,000.
Date:
December 9, 2010
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): Collin County, Block 18
Parent map for Collin County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:7,000.
Date:
December 9, 2010
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): Collin County, Block 19
Parent map for Collin County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:7,000.
Date:
December 9, 2010
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): Collin County, Index
Index map for Collin County, Texas showing the distribution of census blocks and smaller inset areas for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:78,810.
Date:
December 9, 2010
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): Delta County, Block 1
Parent map for Delta County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:12,000.
Date:
December 14, 2010
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): Delta County, Block 6
Parent map for Delta County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:12,000.
Date:
December 14, 2010
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): Delta County, Index
Index map for Delta County, Texas showing the distribution of census blocks and smaller inset areas for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:73,692.
Date:
December 14, 2010
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): Fannin County, Block 1
Parent map for Fannin County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:19,000.
Date:
December 10, 2010
Creator:
United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History