Extension-Bed. (open access)

Extension-Bed.

Patent for a "longitudinally extensible" (lines 12-13) bed. The extension is stored underneath the main portion of the bed when not in use and allows for the bed to be covered completely with netting to protect against mosquitos. Illustrations included.
Date: August 5, 1913
Creator: Couch, Marvin Leslie
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Animal-Trap. (open access)

Animal-Trap.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in animal traps, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: August 29, 1899
Creator: Griffin, Walter R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Engineering Study of the Rodessa Oil Field in Louisiana, Texas, and Arkansas (open access)

Engineering Study of the Rodessa Oil Field in Louisiana, Texas, and Arkansas

Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over drilling operations in Texas, Arkansas, and Louisiana. Results of the operations are discussed. This report includes maps, tables, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: August 1943
Creator: Hill, Harry Blackburn & Guthrie, R. K.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Combination Rule, Square, and Miter. (open access)

Combination Rule, Square, and Miter.

Patent for a combination of devices that contains "attachments for folding rules which will make said rules capable of use as a square, tri-square, and miter" (lines 15-17), including instructions and illustrations.
Date: August 4, 1914
Creator: McFarland, Charles M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Shingle-Machine (open access)

Shingle-Machine

Patent for a shingle machine that has a block for adjusting the angle of the log being cut.
Date: August 20, 1912
Creator: Nelson, John Bryan
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dress-Chart. (open access)

Dress-Chart.

Patent for dress-chart, with illustrations. The purpose of this dress-chart relating to "pattern charts for cutting any and all garments" regardless of man, woman, or child (lines 9-11).
Date: August 25, 1885
Creator: Northen, Mary Eva
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Planter. (open access)

Planter.

Patent for a planter in which "the seed-dropping mechanism is adjustable to suit the nature of the seed to be planted and to drop the same closer together or farther apart, as desired." (Lines 13-16) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: August 31, 1897
Creator: Rausheck, John E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Steam-Engine (open access)

Steam-Engine

Patent for "a new and improved steam-engine, in which the pressure of the live steam is completely and very advantageously utilized," (lines 8-10) including illustrations.
Date: August 3, 1886
Creator: Rush, Peter S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Steam Engine (open access)

Steam Engine

Patent for an "new and improved steam-engine in which a dead center position is obviated and the pressure of the live steam is completely and very advantageously utilized" (line 7-11)
Date: August 30, 1887
Creator: Rush, Peter S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-6783 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-6783

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: Has the County Court of Cass County authority to require the State Registrar to issue a certified copy of a birth or death certificate wherein a child or an adult is stated to be illegitimate.
Date: August 15, 1945
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History