Manufacture of Aluminum Chloride. (open access)

Manufacture of Aluminum Chloride.

Patent for the manufacture of Aluminum Chloride that can be carried out at lower temperatures with aluminum ore or compound, such as bauxite, sulfur and chlorine, and involves no cooking.
Date: July 11, 1922
Creator: Hall, Frank W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Method of Casting Chilled Valve-Seats (open access)

Method of Casting Chilled Valve-Seats

Patent for making moldings of seats to be more consistent.
Date: March 11, 1919
Creator: Boykin, Burwell, Jr.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Still. (open access)

Still.

Patent for a still designed to refine crude petroleum and extract lighter elements, including illustrations.
Date: February 11, 1919
Creator: Gallsworthy, Benjamin
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rice Harvester (open access)

Rice Harvester

Patent for an improved rice grain harvester. This harvester gather only grain, not straw or stalks, in order to prevent the grain from gathering dampness or moisture over long periods of time.
Date: July 11, 1916
Creator: Motte, James N. & Katz, Adam
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wave Motor (open access)

Wave Motor

Patent for an improvement to wave motors, intended to use "the force of waves as motive power for operating machinery" (lines 9-10).
Date: July 11, 1911
Creator: Ford, William W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vapor Burner (open access)

Vapor Burner

Patent for a vapor burner. Illustration included.
Date: July 11, 1905
Creator: Todd, Clarence C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hydraulic-Drill (open access)

Hydraulic-Drill

Patent for an improved hydraulic drill to penetrate and bore holes into earth, clay and similar materials, including illustrations.
Date: August 11, 1903
Creator: Higgins, Pattillo
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hydraulic Drill (open access)

Hydraulic Drill

Patent for a hydraulic drill. This invention is a class of drill for deep drilling that delivers water to the bottom of the opening.
Date: August 11, 1903
Creator: Higgins, Pattillo
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Reamer for Deep Wells (open access)

Reamer for Deep Wells

Patent for a reamer for deep wells. "This invention provides a reamer for enlarging the bore of wells by progressive action" (line 8-10). Illustration included.
Date: August 11, 1903
Creator: Higgins, Pattillo
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Process of Making Artificial Fuel (open access)

Process of Making Artificial Fuel

Patent for process of creating artificial fuel and the resulting product.
Date: March 11, 1902
Creator: Steiner, Robert
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Protractor (open access)

Protractor

Patent for a protractor. Illustration included.
Date: July 11, 1905
Creator: Thomas, William L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oil-Burner. (open access)

Oil-Burner.

Patent for a useful oil-burner by providing an “improved nozzle structure, and with improved means for regulating the flow therefrom.” (Lines 15-17) Illustration is included.
Date: January 11, 1910
Creator: Duke, Holmes
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Shoe (open access)

Shoe

Patent for a shoe that describes the benefit for shoe. Shoe control overall health well-being with its flexibility and support.
Date: September 11, 1906
Creator: Evesson, Martin V. B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: MS-8 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: MS-8

Letter opinion 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 Ben Shepperd, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Constitutionality of House Concurrent Resolution 24 of 53rd Legislature that no statute of limitation shall bar the claim of Mr. R. E. Cowan against Jefferson County for the balance of his 1933 salary as District Clerk of Jefferson County.
Date: March 11, 1953
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Log-Loader. (open access)

Log-Loader.

Patent for improvements in a machine that hauls logs and loads them on railways, based on a patent application submitted by the inventor previously (serial no. 563,242). A swinging crane loads and unloads the logs.
Date: August 11, 1896
Creator: Fletcher, William A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History