80th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 421, Chapter 277 (open access)

80th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 421, Chapter 277

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the creation of the office of criminal district attorney of Fannin County and to the abolition of the office of county attorney of Fannin County.
Date: June 15, 2007
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Telephone-Transmitter. (open access)

Telephone-Transmitter.

Patent for "a simple transmitter in which the greatest volume of sound may be transmitted without causing grating or rattling." (Lines 8-11) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: June 15, 1897
Creator: Alexander, Horace C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow. (open access)

Plow.

Patent for improvements in plows by using “a double-mold-board plow comprising a plow-point provided with a shank, whose reverse inclines are slightly convex from the upper end of the shank to the plow-point, in combination with two mold-boards that are concavo-convex in cross-section as well as in longitudinal or vertical section” (p. 2, lines 44-50). The described construction of plow would enable the plow to thoroughly broken up the soil. Illustration is included.
Date: September 15, 1891
Creator: Rutherford, John W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History