Stalk-Rake. (open access)

Stalk-Rake.

Patent for new stalk rake design, “especially applicable as a rake for gathering corn or cotton stalks from the ground preparatory to plowing the same or otherwise fitting it for use”, (lines 13-17) including illustrations.
Date: July 15, 1902
Creator: Clark, Joesph Lauson
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
80th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 3979, Chapter 943 (open access)

80th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 3979, Chapter 943

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the creation of the McKinney Municipal Utility Districts Nos. 1 and 2 of Collin County; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds; granting the power of eminent domain.
Date: June 15, 2007
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: V-521 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: V-521

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: Maximum compensation of Justices of the Peace in Collin County.
Date: March 15, 1948
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper. (open access)

Cotton-Chopper.

Patent for agricultural machines to "permit the chopper to pass predetermined plants during the operation of the machine through a planted field." (lines 13-16)
Date: June 15, 1920
Creator: Hart, Granville M. & Wall, James Edgar
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hand-Car. (open access)

Hand-Car.

Patent for "a hand-car with an auxiliary spring-actuated mechanism which can be used with or without the lever mechanism to propel at a rapid rate of speed." (Lines 12-15) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: June 15, 1897
Creator: Rousey, William N.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Horse Collar (open access)

Horse Collar

Patent for a horse collar. Illustration included.
Date: August 15, 1905
Creator: Cooper, Joseph P.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fire-Engine. (open access)

Fire-Engine.

Patent for improvements to fire engines, designed for rural use and places where water may be scarce by the inclusion of storage tank and a pump.
Date: November 15, 1910
Creator: Minnis, Henry M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Razor-Stropping Device (open access)

Razor-Stropping Device

Patent for a razor sharpening device in which the razor blade may be held on an incline for efficient sharpening.
Date: April 15, 1913
Creator: Greenwood, Charley E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Device for Making Vessels Invisible. (open access)

Device for Making Vessels Invisible.

Patent for improvements in "air and water craft" (line 13) invisible including illustrations. These improvements include invisibility through "plurality of plates or sections" (lines 18-19) and diffuse light, disguising the vessels.
Date: July 15, 1919
Creator: Chaddick, Mark
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History