79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Concurrent Resolution 223 (open access)

79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Concurrent Resolution 223

Concurrent resolution introduced by the Texas House of Representatives and Senate honoring the sesquicentennial of Sulphur Springs.
Date: June 18, 2005
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Tire (open access)

Vehicle-Tire

Patent for a bolt-free spring connection between a vehicle tires inner and outer rims, allowing for an air cushion between rims and improving overall performance of vehicle tires.
Date: September 18, 1917
Creator: Horne, Henry M. & Buford, John C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Faucet. (open access)

Faucet.

Patent for an improvement on a previous faucet, patent no. 539,633. This faucet is "a valve-seat consisting of a cylinder having an internal shoulder, a tubular valve operating within said cylinder and below said shoulder, a packing-ring carried by said valve and engaging said shoulder, a piston-road attached to said valve for operating the same, and a drop-valve in the lower end of said tubular valve, substantially as specified" (lines 60-69)
Date: January 18, 1897
Creator: Murphy, George S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History