Regional Water Plan: Region K (Lower Colorado), 2016, Volume 2. Water Management Strategies and Appendices (open access)

Regional Water Plan: Region K (Lower Colorado), 2016, Volume 2. Water Management Strategies and Appendices

Volume two of the water plan for Region K (Lower Colorado) describing water management strategies, drought response plans, the process of creating the plan and appendices with with related reports.
Date: November 2015
Creator: Lower Colorado Regional Water Planning Group
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Water-Supply Regulator for Windmills (open access)

Automatic Water-Supply Regulator for Windmills

Patent for automatic water supply regulator to stop flow of water at the specified level. Additionally the wind mill will start when it hits a certain water level, creating an off an on cycle.
Date: November 6, 1917
Creator: Pressler, Walter F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Water-Gap Gate. (open access)

Water-Gap Gate.

Patent for new and improved water gap gates to protect gates and barriers during natural interference, thereby preventing livestock injury.
Date: September 9, 1913
Creator: Sattler, Adolph
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Barrel-Stand. (open access)

Barrel-Stand.

Patent for a barrel-stand "designed to support a barrel or other like dispensing receptacle" (line 10) to be tilted for pouring and can be held in a tilted or other fixed position.
Date: July 10, 1917
Creator: Maier, Felix
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hat fastener (open access)

Hat fastener

Patent for a fastener that uses combs connected inside the crown of a hat to secure it upon the head.
Date: January 12, 1911
Creator: Mueller, Lisette
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Emergency-Door for Safes. (open access)

Emergency-Door for Safes.

Patent for an emergency door for safes that provides an improved arrangement including a supplemental door which will automatically move to closed position when the main door is opened to its limit.
Date: October 16, 1917
Creator: Puhl, Max O.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fly-Trap (open access)

Fly-Trap

Patent for Fly Trap
Date: March 27, 1917
Creator: Krueger, Samuel
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Load-lifter. (open access)

Load-lifter.

Patent for the improved design of a load lifter.
Date: May 5, 1914
Creator: Meyer, Dietrich H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Roadway for Vehicles (open access)

Roadway for Vehicles

Patent for a roadway for automobiles built of rail tracks that accommodate different tire sizes, so that wheels may run along the rails inlaid on roads.
Date: October 18, 1913
Creator: OBarr, Richard H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Press Follower-Board (open access)

Cotton-Press Follower-Board

Patent for cotton baling press that provides a detachable follow block.
Date: May 8, 1917
Creator: Wuensch, Hearman & Pfeil, Otto
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Health Service Region 8 Annual Report: 2017 (open access)

Texas Health Service Region 8 Annual Report: 2017

Annual financial report of the Texas Department of State Health Services documenting income, expenditures, and other relevant financial information for fiscal year 2017. The report covers topics such as Hurricane Harvey, Zika Virus/ other diseases, and child safety.
Date: 2017
Creator: Texas. Department of State Health Services.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
86th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 891, Chapter 606 (open access)

86th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 891, Chapter 606

Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to the operation and administration of and practice in and grants provided by courts in the judicial branch of state government; increasing and imposing fees; creating a criminal offense.
Date: June 10, 2019
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Correlation of Gravity of the Coal Creek Serpentine Mass, Blanco and Gillespie Counties, Texas (open access)

Correlation of Gravity of the Coal Creek Serpentine Mass, Blanco and Gillespie Counties, Texas

Abstract: "Gravitational observations were made of the pre-Cambrian Coal Creek serpentine mass in Blanco and Gillespie Counties, Texas, the geology of which had been mapped previously. The observed gravitational anomalies indicate roughly the depth of the serpentine mass below which it may possibly grade into its parent peridotitic rock. Probable correlation between the gravitational map and the other geologic features of the area is indicated" (p. 151).
Date: April 2, 1949
Creator: Romberg, Frederick & Barnes, Virgil E. (Virgil Everett), 1903-1998
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ground-Water Availability of the Lower Cretaceous Formations in the Hill Country of South-Central Texas (open access)

Ground-Water Availability of the Lower Cretaceous Formations in the Hill Country of South-Central Texas

Report on groundwater availability of the lower cretaceous formations in the hill country of South-Central Texas. It describes the geology of the area, water quality, and the Trinity Group aquifer.
Date: January 1983
Creator: Ashworth, John B.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Faunas of the Riley Formation in Central Texas (open access)

The Faunas of the Riley Formation in Central Texas

Report on the faunas of the Riley formation, including fossil findings, species, fossil dating, and zone boundaries.
Date: November 1954
Creator: Palmer, Allison R.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Occurrence, Availability, and Chemical Quality of Ground Water in the Edwards Plateau Region of Texas (open access)

Occurrence, Availability, and Chemical Quality of Ground Water in the Edwards Plateau Region of Texas

Report on
Date: July 1979
Creator: Walker, Loyd E.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combination-Garment. (open access)

Combination-Garment.

Patent for a onese. A shirt and underwear in a single piece. Has ample room in the seat.
Date: January 25, 1919
Creator: Gold, Anna
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Clamp for Spirit-Levels. (open access)

Clamp for Spirit-Levels.

Patent for clamps for spirit levels that allow a spirit level to be attached directly to a straight edge so that one person could safely use both the straight edge and the spirit level simultaneously. Additionally, the clamp production is simple so it can be produced at a low cost.
Date: April 30, 1918
Creator: Bridgman, Jesse Everet
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Region, Volume 16, Number 9, September/October 1989 (open access)

Region, Volume 16, Number 9, September/October 1989

Monthly newsletter of the Alamo Area Council of Governments describing news and events of relevance to the agencies.
Date: September 1989
Creator: Alamo Area Council of Governments
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Region, Volume 17, Number 1, January/February 1990 (open access)

Region, Volume 17, Number 1, January/February 1990

Monthly newsletter of the Alamo Area Council of Governments describing news and events of relevance to the agencies.
Date: January 1990
Creator: Alamo Area Council of Governments
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History