Bedstead Tie. (open access)

Bedstead Tie.

Patent for a new and improved bedstead-tie. This design "is to obviate the spreading of the side bars of a bed, which allows the bottom slats to fall, especially those near the center of the bed; and [the design] accomplish[es] this object by providing one of the slats, preferably at or near the center, with adjustable keepers" (lines 21-27).
Date: February 12, 1889
Creator: Fernau, Magnus
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Poison-Distributer (open access)

Poison-Distributer

Patent for a distributor for "pulverized paris-green, londonpurple, arsenic, and other poisons in a dry state over cotton and other plants" that is "of exceedingly simple and durable construction and capable of attachment to any form of cultivator, and also to provide a means whereby the poison to be delivered from the machine may be regulated as to quantity in a convenient and expeditious manner, and, further, to provide a means whereby the poison as delivered from the machine will be spread over the plants at each side of the machine" (lines 11-24).
Date: April 12, 1892
Creator: Richter, Franz Ludwig
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow. (open access)

Plow.

Patent for a new and improved plow. This design "consists in combing with the plow a furrow-cutter for the purpose of cutting or dividing the furrow-slice and pulverizing it to a greater or less extent, like a harrow" (lines 13-16).
Date: July 12, 1881
Creator: Pinter, Francis T.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Post-Anchor. (open access)

Post-Anchor.

Patent for a post anchor to hold the post in the ground more firmly.
Date: April 12, 1910
Creator: Laux, Julius
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Capital Area Council of Governments Annual Budget and Work Plan: 2013 (open access)

Capital Area Council of Governments Annual Budget and Work Plan: 2013

Annual budget, work plan, projected productivity, and performance report for the Capital Area Council of Goverments (CAPCOG) for fiscal year 2013. It covers budget resolutions, budget summary, budget charts, regional services, administrative services, Homeland Security, and personnel and salary schedules.
Date: September 12, 2012
Creator: Capital Area Council of Governments (Austin, Tex.)
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hand Manure-Scraper. (open access)

Hand Manure-Scraper.

Patent for a handheld scraper with a handle added at a 45-degree angle and rivets to secure the shank.
Date: June 12, 1917
Creator: Heller, Louis & Neese, Elo
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History