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Automatic Weighing-Scale
Patent for improvements in automatic weightlifting scales. The modifications aim to facilitate the weighting of materials in bulk.
Date:
December 12, 1911
Creator:
Carter, Edward D.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gin.
Patent for improved cotton gins through the "construction and arrangement of the roll box and the ginning devices" (lines 11-12).
Date:
December 12, 1911
Creator:
Murray, Stephen D.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Carbureter
Patent for a manually operated carburetor used on vehicle gas engines. Illustrations included.
Date:
December 10, 1907
Creator:
Stoker, Albert E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Crank-Rod Bearing
Patent for a crank rod bearing designed to account for wear damage. Illustrations included.
Date:
December 10, 1912
Creator:
Stauffer, Floyd F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Brush-Cylinder for Cotton-Gins.
Patent for brush cylinders for cotton gins which when clamped have no need to be further secured or fastened.
Date:
December 12, 1911
Creator:
Murray, Stephen D.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Composition of Matter for Artificial Fuel.
Patent for artificial fuel by using coals called “lignite”, grinded it and add other ingredients to it. Formula, measurements and method of mixing is included. No illustration.
Date:
December 8, 1903
Creator:
Lohmann, August
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Weighing-Scale
Patent for a new and improved Automatic Weighing Scale. The improvements provide competely automated operation for weighing materials in bulk. The efficiency of device allows materials to be weighed without having to add or remove weights.
Date:
December 10, 1912
Creator:
Standefer, Henry R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Catamenial Bandage.
Patent for a catamenial bandage, which fits itself to the wearer and does not show underneath clothing.
Date:
December 27, 1910
Creator:
Argo, Ida M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Chimney-Cowl.
Patent for an elbow-shaped chimney cowl that is simple yet durable, which may be attached to chimneys of various sizes. It It has a vane that enables the cowl to turn and send smoke in the direction the wind is blowing. It also has a screen to cover the opening, which will prevent large sparks or partially burned materials from exiting the chimney.
Date:
December 5, 1911
Creator:
Powell, John T.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Chafing-Iron
Patent for a chafing iron for passenger cars designed to prevent injury to passengers who place their hands in between the irons. Illustrations included.
Date:
December 29, 1908
Creator:
Labadie, Victor
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Brush
Patent for improved functions of bath-brushes, with instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 1, 1905
Creator:
Williams, Robert E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baggage-Fastener
Patent for a baggage fastener which ties around the box securely.
Date:
December 7, 1909
Creator:
Moses, Jacob Bernhard
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Building Construction
Patent for a reinforced building construction material.
Date:
December 12, 1911
Creator:
Harry, Owen K.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Chemical Fire-Extingusiher.
Patent for a chemical fire-extinguisher meant to "provide an improved acid-receptacle which will obviate the objects to the ordinary acid-bottles now in use" (lines 15-18).
Date:
December 31, 1896
Creator:
Flatau, Louis, S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Burglar-Alarm
Patent for "a portable burglar-alarm, which may be secured in position adjacent to a window or door, so that upon the opening of the same the alarm will be tripped and the cartridge detonated" (lines 9-13).
Date:
December 18, 1888
Creator:
Mikich, Janko L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Buckle.
Patent for a buckle meant for use with harnesses and "wherein the ordinary movable and hinged tongue is dispensed with, and a rigid stud or pointed projection is used in reversed positions at opposite ends of connecting loops" (lines 9-13).
Date:
December 5, 1893
Creator:
Odom, Plesant W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Feeding Seed-Cotton to Gins
Patent for an improvement to seed feeders "to improve and simplify the feed mechanisms of such machines or apparatus and provide means whereby a number of rigidly depending chutes
Date:
December 20, 1892
Creator:
Murray, Stephen D.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Brake.
Patent for a new and improved car brake. This design "consists in a novel combination and arrangement of certain mechanical appliances by means of which the brakes of a railway-car are automatically operated by the pushing and pulling action of the draw-head, and which are applicable to any ordinary system of brake-levers and without interfering with the operation of the ordinary hand-brake" (lines 10-17).
Date:
December 19, 1882
Creator:
Henson, John Wesley; Hudson, Benjamin Franklin & Smith, Sydney
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: DM-72
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, Dan Morales, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification; Whether the Dallas City Council may control the use of funds confiscated pursuant to the assest forfeiture law (RQ-114)
Date:
December 31, 1991
Creator:
Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-6929
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, Grover Sellers, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Clarification of duties and responsibilities of certain officials in Dallas County when certain shortages appear in the accounts of the Tax Assessor-Collector.
Date:
December 22, 1945
Creator:
Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: WW-341
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, Will Wilson, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether or not the County of Dallas Child Support Clearing Account Funds and the County of Dallas Juvenile Department, Child Support Division Holding Account Funds are secured under the bond of the County depository banks when deposited with said banks without first passing through the hands of the County Treasurer.
Date:
December 31, 1957
Creator:
Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Collin County, Block 95
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 98
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 94
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