Calf-Weaner. (open access)

Calf-Weaner.

Patent for "new and useful Improvements in Calf-Weaners." (line 5-6) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: January 9, 1906
Creator: Chandler, William E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Light Shade and Reflector. (open access)

Adjustable Light Shade and Reflector.

Patent for a new adjustable light shade and reflector with "a shade and a support therefor so provided with joints that the shade may be given any desired angle of reflection, relative to the light, and its relative distance from the light may be regulated" (lines 13-17), which includes illustrations and instructions.
Date: March 7, 1911
Creator: Spivey, Lillian Hale
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Boll-Weevil Extermination (open access)

Boll-Weevil Extermination

Patent for a device to exterminate boll-weevils on cotton. Illustrations included.
Date: April 12, 1910
Creator: Hebert, Paul E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Blower and Suction Device. (open access)

Blower and Suction Device.

Patent for a blower for a threshing machine that regulates the amount of air put out of the machine, and is both affordable and durable.
Date: March 26, 1907
Creator: Brown, Harry M. & Dahl, Harry M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Device for Cutting Key Seats or the Like (open access)

Device for Cutting Key Seats or the Like

Patent for a device for cutting key seats or the like. This invention is an improvement in metal working tools as they relate to key seat cutters. Illustration included.
Date: November 12, 1907
Creator: Lindstrom, Conrad
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bed-Spring Tightener (open access)

Bed-Spring Tightener

Patent for improvements in bed-spring tighteners, for adjusting the tension of a bed spring supporting wire as may be required. Illustration is included.
Date: July 5, 1910
Creator: Tlustos, Joseph J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Conveyor-Bucket. (open access)

Conveyor-Bucket.

Patent for a conveyor bucket, which reduces waste of material.
Date: July 28, 1908
Creator: Barnett, George W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Casing-Point (open access)

Casing-Point

Patent for an improved casing point with improvements in the strainer or screen frame for wells.
Date: December 9, 1902
Creator: Lindstrom, Conrad
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Horse-Detacher (open access)

Horse-Detacher

Patent for a vehicle attachment that allows the driver to detach the vehicle from the horse, should the horse become difficult to control. Illustrations included.
Date: April 6, 1909
Creator: Barnett, George W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Casing Point or Strainer. (open access)

Casing Point or Strainer.

Patent for casing point or strainer "particularly adapted for use in oil and Artesian wells... which will permit free circulation of the liquid around the lower portion of the casing and free and easy entrance of the same into the casing, and yet will prevent entrance of sand and gravel into the casing" (Lines 12-22).
Date: May 13, 1902
Creator: Carlson, Andrew Edward
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Acetylene-Gas Generator (open access)

Acetylene-Gas Generator

Patent for an improved automatic acetylene-gas generator which allows the carbid vessel to recharge with carbid without permitting the escape of gas, and also to simplify the construction of the generator.
Date: March 19, 1901
Creator: Elkins, George L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Condensing-Pump. (open access)

Condensing-Pump.

Patent for a condensing pump with a new type of valve mechanism.
Date: September 17, 1907
Creator: Leggett, Charles E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Clevis (open access)

Clevis

Patent for a clevis. This invention is designed to connect with gang plows allowing vertical and lateral movement. Illustration included.
Date: September 10, 1907
Creator: Barnett, George W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oil-Burner. (open access)

Oil-Burner.

Patent for an oil-burner, “and it has for its object to provide a construction in which stream will be admitted to the oil or commingled therewith in sufficient quantity to aid combustion…” (lines 11-15) including illustrations.
Date: November 11, 1902
Creator: Chandler, William E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Book Carriage (open access)

Book Carriage

Patent for book carriage. This invention is designed to cradle open books and registrars. Illustration included.
Date: July 18, 1905
Creator: Marsh, Sidney Augustus & Gifford, George Chester
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Updating the Hydrogeologic Framework for the Northern Portion of the Gulf Coast Aquifer (open access)

Updating the Hydrogeologic Framework for the Northern Portion of the Gulf Coast Aquifer

This report documents the development of the structure, lithology, and depositional framework for the Gulf Coast Aquifer system from the Brazos River north to the Sabine River and into Louisiana. (p. xiii).
Date: June 2012
Creator: Young, Steven C.; Ewing, Tom; Hamlin, Scott; Baker, Ernie & Lupton, Daniel
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bicycle-Support. (open access)

Bicycle-Support.

Patent for an improvement in bicycle supports that can be attached to any bicycle and supports it at an upright or near-upright position.
Date: July 20, 1897
Creator: Norelius, John E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Composition for Preserving Wood. (open access)

Composition for Preserving Wood.

Patent for a new and improved compound for “preserving all kinds of wood, in or above ground, but is especially adapted for preserving wood in salt water from the ravages of worms, barnacles and etc…” (Line 24-27) Ingredients, proportions of ingredients and mixing instructions are included. No illustration.
Date: July 12, 1881
Creator: Smith, Bat
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 776, Chapter 1211 (open access)

79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 776, Chapter 1211

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the Wharton County Junior College District service area.
Date: June 18, 2005
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
78th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 1677, Chapter 51 (open access)

78th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 1677, Chapter 51

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the duties of the district attorney and the county attorney in Wharton County.
Date: May 15, 2003
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: DM-297 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: DM-297

Document 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, Dan Morales, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether the Wharton County Junior College District max disannex the Needville Independent School District (RQ-545)
Date: June 17, 1994
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: M-448 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: M-448

Document 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, Crawford Martin, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Authority of the Commissioners Court to sell Nightingale Hospital, a county hospital.
Date: August 13, 1969
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: S-50 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: S-50

Document 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: Authority of the commissioners' court to use funds in the "General Fund Hospital Reserve Account" to construct an addition to Wharton County Nightingale Hospital.
Date: June 10, 1953
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: H-668 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: H-668

Document 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 L. Hill, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether Wharton County may cease to operate its county hospital.
Date: August 19, 1975
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History