I-35 Statewide Corridor Plan: A Path to 2040 (open access)

I-35 Statewide Corridor Plan: A Path to 2040

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Date: October 2016
Creator: Texas. Transportation Planning and Programming Division.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Acetylene-Gas Generator. (open access)

Acetylene-Gas Generator.

Patent for improving acetylene gas generators.
Date: April 1, 1919
Creator: Muse, James A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Air-Storage-Tank Liquid-Dispensing Device. (open access)

Air-Storage-Tank Liquid-Dispensing Device.

Patent for an air storage tank liquid dispending device which is convenient and economically better to pull liquid from wells, buried tanks, etc.
Date: May 10, 1921
Creator: Posa, Emit M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Irrigating Apparatus. (open access)

Irrigating Apparatus.

Patent for new and useful improvements in irrigation apparatuses. The design includes "a system of surface irrigation comprising a main supply tank, a series of reservoirs, pipes connecting said tank and reservoirs" (lines 95-98). It is intended to allow for irrigating large and small plats of land simply and efficiently.
Date: October 12, 1920
Creator: French, Horatio Benjamin
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Incubator Regulator. (open access)

Incubator Regulator.

Patent for an incubator with an automatic regulator for the flame of an incubator or heating lamp. The invention also provides an improved regulator arranged to raise or lower the wick of an incubator lamp in accordance with the heat in the incubator itself.
Date: January 15, 1918
Creator: Harris, Luster. F. & Williams, Walter. L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Compressed-Air-Feed Liquid-Container. (open access)

Compressed-Air-Feed Liquid-Container.

Patent for compressed air feed liquid container uses compressed air to move the liquid through tubes and out the pipe.
Date: May 10, 1921
Creator: Posa, Emit M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mirror-Holder (open access)

Mirror-Holder

Patent for a mirror holder containing a bracket that allows for easy fixing to various items of furniture.
Date: January 13, 1920
Creator: Barnard, Elmer
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Process for the Conversion of Liquids, Fluids, and Oils (open access)

Process for the Conversion of Liquids, Fluids, and Oils

Patent for a process for the conversion of liquids, fluids, and oils that converts these fluids into more buoyant products with lower specific gravities and boiling points. This process seeks to meet demand for engine fuels, gasoline, and oils, and augment the diminishing supply of these natural products.
Date: November 4, 1919
Creator: Adams, Joseph H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Steering-Gear. (open access)

Steering-Gear.

Patent for a new and improved steering-gear. A simplistic and inexpensive design that will prevent the transfer of shocks to the steering wheel when traveling in a straight line.
Date: October 28, 1919
Creator: Scheble, Eugene Stiles
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hoeing And Chopping Apparatus. (open access)

Hoeing And Chopping Apparatus.

Patent for an improvement to hoeing and chopping apparatus by a supporting frame that operates transversely and vertically at the same time.
Date: April 8, 1919
Creator: Blankenstein, Richard J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Resilient Wheel. (open access)

Resilient Wheel.

Patent for improvements to resilient wheels with shock-absorbing elements in the hub.
Date: January 22, 1918
Creator: Robertson, Walter E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Electric Fly-Trap. (open access)

Electric Fly-Trap.

Patent for improvement to fly traps. The improved fly trap electrocutes flies and other flying insects as they enter the trap. In the trap, there is a lamp that attracts flying insects.
Date: November 20, 1917
Creator: Bass, William A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Gin or Linting-Machine (open access)

Cotton-Gin or Linting-Machine

Patent for machine to "provide means for removing lint cotton from the gin saw teeth" (lines 11-12) and "provide efficient means for taking care of the cotton after it leaves the saw teeth." (lines 14-19)
Date: December 3, 1918
Creator: Hodo, Wesley A. J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Occurrence, Availability, and Chemical Quality of Ground Water in the Cretaceous Aquifers of North-Central Texas: Volume 2 (open access)

Occurrence, Availability, and Chemical Quality of Ground Water in the Cretaceous Aquifers of North-Central Texas: Volume 2

The second volume of a two part report on the Creataceous aquifers in Texas. This volume contains information on water wells, water levels, and chemical analyses.
Date: July 1982
Creator: Nordstrom, Philip L.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Water Level and Water-Quality Data From Observation Wells in Northeast Texas (open access)

Water Level and Water-Quality Data From Observation Wells in Northeast Texas

This Report presents quantitative and qualitative information concerning ground water of Texas, from observations in wells of 20 county areas in Northeast Texas by Texas Water Development Board and U.S Geological Survey.
Date: February 1976
Creator: Taylor, Howard D.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Occurrence, Availability and Chemical Quality of Ground Water in the Cretaceous Aquifers of North-Central Texas: Volume 1 (open access)

Occurrence, Availability and Chemical Quality of Ground Water in the Cretaceous Aquifers of North-Central Texas: Volume 1

Report on the quality and availability of ground water in the cretaceous aquifers of north-central Texas. Includes maps, hydrographs, rainfall data, pumpage, and more.
Date: April 1982
Creator: Nordstrom, Phillip L.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
86th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 4723, Chapter 391 (open access)

86th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 4723, Chapter 391

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the creation of the Belmont Municipal Utility District of Johnson County; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.
Date: June 2, 2019
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
86th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 4744, Chapter 1013 (open access)

86th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 4744, Chapter 1013

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the creation of the Wright Farm Municipal Management District of Johnson County; providing authority to issue bonds and impose assessments, fees, and taxes.
Date: June 14, 2019
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
86th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 4724, Chapter 942 (open access)

86th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 4724, Chapter 942

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the creation of the Dove Valley Ranch Municipal Utility District of Johnson County; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.
Date: June 10, 2019
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cleburne State Park [Rack Card] (open access)

Cleburne State Park [Rack Card]

Card advertising Cleburne State Park with brief descriptive information and a summary of activities, facilities, and other features of the location.
Date: August 2015
Creator: Texas. Parks and Wildlife Department.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 1732, Chapter 936 (open access)

85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 1732, Chapter 936

Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to the designation of a portion of Interstate Highway 35W in Johnson County as the Deputy Clifton Taylor Memorial Highway.
Date: June 15, 2017
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bricklayer's Guide-Line Holder. (open access)

Bricklayer's Guide-Line Holder.

Patent for improvements in Bricklayers' Guide-Line Holders with spring controlled jaws for anchoring the holder to the brick, securing it in a stationary position on the wall.
Date: March 31, 1914
Creator: Knott, Miller & Bible, Adam Calver
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bearing. (open access)

Bearing.

Patent for invention of a bearing which has adjustable bearing for shafting. Also this invention wide range of position changes in shaft.
Date: August 15, 1916
Creator: Dickerson, Eustice. E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cleaning Cotton Device. (open access)

Cleaning Cotton Device.

Patent for an apparatus to clean cotton and feed it into a cotton gin, including illustrations.
Date: August 10, 1915
Creator: Dickerson, Eustice E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History