City of Denton Debt Summary Report: As of September 30, 2013 (open access)

City of Denton Debt Summary Report: As of September 30, 2013

This report provides statistics for the two types of long-term debt used by Denton to finance non-operating expenses: general obligation debt and revenue bond debt. It provides statistics, financial statements, and other data breaking down information about this debt and forecasting future obligations.
Date: December 13, 2013
Creator: Denton (Tex.). Finance Department.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Windmill. (open access)

Windmill.

Patent for a windmill, which transmits its energy better to the pump and can be adjusted into and out of the wind.
Date: December 13, 1910
Creator: Dwight, James L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Spinning Top (open access)

Spinning Top

Patent for a spinning top. Illustration included.
Date: March 13, 1906
Creator: Whitefield, William
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mud Shoe. (open access)

Mud Shoe.

Patent for a new and improved mud shoe. This design has for its object "to provide a device adapted to be worn over the ordinary boot or shoe and afford a convenient means for keeping the same out of the mud, dirt, or water; and the novelty consists in the detail of the construction and combination of the several parts" (lines 18-24).
Date: November 13, 1883
Creator: Carroll, Samuel T.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sash-Holder. (open access)

Sash-Holder.

Patent for improved sash-fasteners, which relates to sash-fasteners, the object being to furnish a simple and effective substitute for the ordinary sash weights and locks.
Date: September 13, 1881
Creator: Barb, Gustavas Henry
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pulverizing Attachment for Plows (open access)

Pulverizing Attachment for Plows

Patent for improvements in pulverizing attachments for plows used for furrow-slices as they are turned by plows.
Date: September 13, 1881
Creator: Maddux, Tapley, B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator-Standard (open access)

Cultivator-Standard

Patent for a cultivator. Illustrations included.
Date: December 13, 1910
Creator: Yeatts, Edward D.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History