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Cotton Chopper
Patent for a cotton chopper. Illustration included.
Date:
May 23, 1905
Creator:
Fikes, Bosiar Lee
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator
Patent for a wheeled cultivator with spring tension, a frame that can be tilted, and pivoting wheel-axles. It is an improved version of their earlier patent, number 615,775, from December 13, 1898. The cultivator can straddle multiple rows and be drawn by various numbers of livestock, including illustrations.
Date:
July 3, 1900
Creator:
Zöllner, Matthes & Zöllner, Carl
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Acetylene-Gas Generator.
Patent for "improvement in acetylene-gas generators, and has for one object to provide an exceedingly- simple apparatus of this description in which the pipes and connections are closed , and thus protected from freezing by the effects of atmospheric changes; and a further object of my invention is to remove the possibility of an explosion taking place during the manipulation of the machine." (lines 9-17) including illustrations.
Date:
July 31, 1900
Creator:
Hartman, Gus
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Churn
Patent for a churn. Illustration included.
Date:
September 12, 1905
Creator:
McGregor, Montague M. & Williams, James H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Crude-Oil Burner
Patent for a crude oil burner for furnaces and ranges. Illustrations included.
Date:
August 1, 1911
Creator:
Reed, Robert
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Cultivator Wheel.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in cotton cultivator wheels, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
October 24, 1899
Creator:
Holloway, Willis W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Clothes-Line.
Patent for improvement in “pinless” clothes-lines by simplifying the construction of the garment-clasping elements to enhance the means of receiving and releasing the articles. Illustration is included.
Date:
January 29, 1907
Creator:
Brunner, Burel A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Axle Straightner
Patent for an axle straightener. Illustration included.
Date:
November 28, 1905
Creator:
Steadham, John S. & Steadham, William H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Thinner.
Patent for a machine that thins cotton fibers.
Date:
September 12, 1899
Creator:
Billingsley, William
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Disk Harrow and Land-Roller
Patent for a vehicle that may be used as either a harrow or a roller. Illustrations included.
Date:
May 19, 1908
Creator:
Jackson, Lewis Livingston
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Closure for Oil-Cans, Jugs, &c.
Patent for an invention used to prevent the loss of closures for cans, jugs, and various other containers. Illustrations included.
Date:
January 14, 1908
Creator:
Tabler, Guy T.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Frame For Cultivators.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in frames for cultivators and other agricultural implements, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 13, 1898
Creator:
Zollner, Matthes & Zollner, Carl
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bolt and Nut-Lock.
Patent for "a nut-lock of such construction that it may be used either as a permanent nut-lock or one in which the locking feature may be thrown out of engagement when it is desired to remove the bolt for any purpose." (Lines 15-20) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
January 21, 1896
Creator:
Nevill, William B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Antirefilling Bottle.
Patent for a bottle that can be easily sealed but cannot be resealed after opened. There is a groove in the neck of the bottle, and the cork is placed below the groove. The cork is hollowed out and a plug is placed in the cork. The cork is hollowed out and a plug with a groove around it is placed in the cork.An elastic compressible locking-ring fits in the gap the groove in the bottle and the groove in the plug create.
Date:
January 5, 1897
Creator:
Nevill, William B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cattle-Guard.
Patent for a railway cattle-guard that is simple, inexpensive, and efficient. It prevents the cattle "from traversing a railway-track in order to pass form one field or inclosure to another" (line 12-14). It has spurred rollers, and has a unique way of mounting rollers or rotary ties, in that they do not block the track.
Date:
January 5, 1897
Creator:
Nevill, William Birt
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Chopper and Cultivator.
Patent for a machine that allows the user to simultaneously cut down and plow cotton, or perform either task separately. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
October 5, 1897
Creator:
Hargrove, Byron Lafayette
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 3098, Chapter 652
Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the composition of the Rockwall County Juvenile Board.
Date:
June 17, 2005
Creator:
Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type:
Legislative Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 1518, Chapter 1357
Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to validation of the creation of and certain acts taken by the Rockwall County Public Safety and Fire Assistance District.
Date:
June 18, 2005
Creator:
Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type:
Legislative Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
80th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 2054, Chapter 1349
Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to the powers and duties of the Parker Creek Municipal Utility District of Rockwall County; providing authority to issue bonds.
Date:
June 15, 2007
Creator:
Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type:
Legislative Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 1855, Chapter 455
Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to the creation of the Rockwall County Municipal Utility Districts Nos. 6, 7, 8, and 9; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds; granting the power of eminent domain.
Date:
June 17, 2005
Creator:
Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type:
Legislative Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 1881, Chapter 902
Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to the validation, annexation, powers, and duties of the Parker Creek Municipal Utility District of Rockwall County; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds; granting the power of eminent domain.
Date:
June 17, 2005
Creator:
Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type:
Legislative Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
2000 Census County Block Map: Rockwall County, Block 2
Parent map for Rockwall County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:10,000.
Date:
2000
Creator:
United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
2000 Census County Block Map: Rockwall County, Block 3
Parent map for Rockwall County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:10,000.
Date:
2000
Creator:
United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
2000 Census County Block Map: Rockwall County, Block 4
Parent map for Rockwall County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:10,000.
Date:
2000
Creator:
United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History