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Crude-Oil Burner
Patent for a portable crude oil burner that attaches to stoves.
Date:
September 20, 1910
Creator:
Lubbock, William L. & Hamblen, Samuel
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Safety-Razor.
Patent for new and improved safety razor, which will be similar to an ordinary razor, and "can be used either in its safety form or in the ordinary manner" (lines 15-16) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 20, 1897
Creator:
Bradley, Richard Sherman.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Making Soap.
Patent for a new and improved soap-making machine. This design "consist[s] of grease and soda tanks, the latter tank having a diaphragm . . . a register-tank, pipes leading from said grease and soda tanks to said register-tank, a pivoted converter, a rotary shaft in said converter and blades, a shaft journaled in uprights attached to said converter and provided with a crank and a bevel wheel, the latter gearing with a bevel-wheel on said rotary shaft in the converter, and removable furnaces for said grease tank and converter" (lines 21-32).
Date:
September 20, 1887
Creator:
Grant, William A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling.
Patent for "construction and arrangement of arrow-shaped draw-heads and lever-bars adjustable upon rack-bars for the purpose of raising and lowering the draw-heads" (lines 16-20)including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
April 20, 1880
Creator:
Gray, John D.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: M-1266
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, Crawford Martin, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether the Harris County Community Mental Health and Mental Retardation Center is an agency of the State or county agency and related questions.
Date:
November 20, 1972
Creator:
Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-5474
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, Gerald Mann, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: What is the proper basis for computing the franchise tax of the tier Long Leaf Lumber Company, Houston, Texas?
Date:
September 20, 1943
Creator:
Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: WW-522
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: Terms of the Harris County Director of the State Bar of Texas and members of the Grievance Committee, following division of that county into an additional Congressional District.
Date:
November 20, 1958
Creator:
Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: H-310
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, John L. Hill, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: May Harris County Commissioners court constitutionally issue revenue bonds under Clean Air Financing Act?
Date:
May 20, 1974
Creator:
Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Container.
Patent for an adapted barrel/container that can be assembled from the barrel/containers collapsed form, including illustrations.
Date:
June 20, 1916
Creator:
York, Edward Jackson
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Core-Taking Device
Patent for improvements to a core-taking device which will "form a core, in the process of drilling, and embodies means for severing the core, when formed, and retaining the same in the core barrel until, it is withdrawn for inspection" (lines 13-17), including illustrations.
Date:
June 20, 1922
Creator:
Christian, Walton G.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
86th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 2525, Chapter 64
Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to the powers and duties of the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 376; providing authority to issue bonds.
Date:
May 20, 2019
Creator:
Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type:
Legislative Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Coupling.
Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design consists in "[t]he combination . . . of the laterally and vertically movable draw-head having the hook at its outer end, the keeper depending from the lower side of the car, and in which the draw-head is confined, the spring connected to one side of the draw-head and bearing thereon, and the arm pivoted in a slot in the draw-head, and having the head projecting in rear of the lip or shoulder of the hook, and the lever fulcrumed to the end of the car and connected to the car" (lines 87-97).
Date:
July 20, 1886
Creator:
Gorny, Jacob
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
86th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 2521, Chapter 62
Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to the powers and duties of the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 248; providing authority to issue bonds and impose fees and taxes.
Date:
May 20, 2019
Creator:
Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type:
Legislative Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Separating Liquids.
Patent for dehydrating petroleum oil emulsions through liquid seperation.
Date:
August 20, 1918
Creator:
McKibben, Charles W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
86th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 2524, Chapter 63
Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to the powers and duties of the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 375; providing authority to issue bonds.
Date:
May 20, 2019
Creator:
Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type:
Legislative Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
86th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 2526, Chapter 65
Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to the powers and duties of the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 379; providing authority to issue bonds.
Date:
May 20, 2019
Creator:
Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type:
Legislative Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Signal-Actuating Mechanism for Railways
Patent for an improved signal actuating mechanisms for railways. When the train cars reach an operating mechanism, a flag will be raised where pedestrians or cars cross, and cause a signal to be repeated until the train passes.
Date:
July 20, 1920
Creator:
Bashara, Samuel Farris
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Method of Seperating Associated Liquids.
Patent for a new method of seperating liquids, specifically those "in which particles of one liquid are held, or bound in mechanical suspension in another" (lines 10-12). The inventor provides the specific example of water and crude oil.
Date:
August 20, 1918
Creator:
McKibben, Charles W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Operating Budget: 2016
Proposed budget for Health Science Center at Houston outlining projected income and expenditures, with supporting documentation.
Date:
August 20, 2015
Creator:
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Salad Dressing
Patent for improving salad dressing. This salad dressing has high quality ingredients to go with any salad.
Date:
November 20, 1923
Creator:
Scholl, William H. & Scholl, Barney
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lubricating Device for Rotary Drills
Patent for improving the lubricating devices for rotary drills, especially the rotatble cutting devices attached to the head of the drill.
Date:
April 20, 1915
Creator:
Hughes, Howard Robard
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lifting and Moving Device
Patent for a construction device to help move heavy machines.
Date:
February 20, 1915
Creator:
Kenyon, H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mail-Bag Catching and Delivering Device
Patent for a mail bag catching and delivering device that is attached to trains and grabs mailbags off of a designated mail bag holder on the edge of the tracks.
Date:
July 20, 1909
Creator:
Cruse, James Jefferson
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Explosion Hatch for Oil Containers
Patent for improved explosion hatch for oil containers.
Date:
March 20, 1917
Creator:
Scott, Clarence N.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History