Post-Driver. (open access)

Post-Driver.

Patent for a machine that drives posts and "can be placed on the running gear of a vehicle in such a manner that it can be readily adjusted to operate on posts at either side of the longitudinal axis of the vehicle" (lines 14-18). It can be easily adjusted and is simply constructed.
Date: April 18, 1893
Creator: Harris, Stephen G.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Electro-Medical Belt (open access)

Electro-Medical Belt

Patent for "a suitable belt or other support carrying movable contact-plates, a galvanic battery, an induction-coil, connections between the battery and coil, and conductors connecting the secondary wire of the coil to the contact-plates through which the shock is to be conveyed, the contact-plates being provided with suitable binding-screws or other connectors, and also having suitable flaps or insulators for covering them when not in use" (lines 21-31).
Date: June 18, 1889
Creator: Shelton, William J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Adhesive and Method of Making the Same (open access)

Adhesive and Method of Making the Same

Patent for starch used for paper that can act as an adhesive coating. Illustrations included.
Date: February 18, 1913
Creator: Dunham, Andrew A. & Dunham, Henry V.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 1962, Chapter 15 (open access)

85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 1962, Chapter 15

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the creation of the Brazoria County Municipal Utility District No. 69; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.
Date: May 18, 2017
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History